ENG 380F Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Unreliable Narrator, Radiohead, Subculture
23 Mar 2017
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Londonstani: accessibility, more or less accessible than clockwork orange, more language, less culturally, artificial identity, emphasis on late-capitalism, traditional indian values (reflected in music) circulated boundaries to create an urban youth culture. Interpretations of traditional indian/hindu cultures mixed with suburban background, rudeboy: culture defined by consumerism identity anxiety manifested in language. Group 1: the slang is easier to understand than co deliberately ungrammatical because proper english is a symbol of the dominant culture. Slang more exclusive (attempt to ethnically separate themselves from dominant, mainstream culture preserve their idea of a contained ethnic subculture) Isolate themselves deliberately turn inwards: desire for commodities binds them instead of separating them. Group 3: characters use women as an object to prove their masculinity. Importance of the racial makeup of the fight"s audience: described as a sporting event audience cheers for their culture jas makes a point to say that somalia, asian, ect kids have come down to see.
