CMNS 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Diy Ethic, Guerrilla Warfare, Nuclear Family
4 Sep 2013
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Children demand the dish they tasted before: function of music is to point to something better and different, relevant & sharp. Subculture the meaning of style dick hebdige. The emergence of [youth subcultures] has signaled the breakdown of consensus in the post-war period (hebdige, 1979, 17: american dream, nuclear family. We study subcultures to understand those who don"t conform to the norm. Study of urban groups started to merge in chicago. Study of gangs, groups, and youth gangs (creation of gang communities: these groups come from our communities and we needed to study this. Most taken for granted phenomena can function as signs. Refers to how certain social groups are able to win and shape consent so that their power appears both legitimate and natural. The challenge to hegemony which subcultures represent is not issued directly by them. Rather it is expressed obliquely, in style hebdige.
