Street Socialization

Abstract

When we communicate in everyday language on the social problems of youth, "the street" continually recurs; the crisis in education has put youth "in the streets"; the political protest potential of the younger generation is discharged "in the street"; youth "run around in the street." The linguistic images of the street are overflowing with normative emotions. For the majority, they are the bearers of anxiety and conjur up dangers to society that must be checked. For others, the image of the street evokes hopes and expectation of a change in the social status quo.