The Analysis and Reflection of Popular Phrases in Youth Subculture
The subcultural catchwords that showcase the mental state of young people,such as lying flat,are similar in styles and have been popular for years.And a diachronic analysis on this phenomenon can help to explore the era characteristic of youth psychology in the context of social change.Based on the theory of so-cial ecosystem and using in-depth interview method for analysis,it was found that the continuous popularity of catchwords can be attributed to three"extraordinary trends":non mainstream discourse production,uncon-scious self-reconciliation,and non-traditional self-expression.To analyze it as a whole,it is the result of the joint action macro-system and diachronic system.The macro-system is spatial,mainly generating cultural in-fluences,including spiritual culture(subcultural practices with uncommon characteristics)and institutional culture(the structural dilemma of the accelerated era),while the diachronic system is about time,and its in-fluences are mainly in the field of social changes(the Chinese path to modernization).The commonness of catchwords and the youth psychology reflected by them are not the"depression"commonly considered by ex-isting studies,but the"sense of relaxation"with the meaning of banter and exaggeration.It originates from the positive change of contemporary youth's self-construction,and it is a vivid expression of Chinese path to modernization in personality development.The study advocates observing subculture and analyzing the"true youth"from the perspective of space-time dimension,enriching the research paradigm of sub-culture to some extent.
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