ANT322H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Goth Subculture, Punk Subculture, Gothic Rock
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Hapter 3: metalhead, punks, and goths the symbolism that makes youth culture and its subcultures cohesive and meaningful is the ritual code" ritual code. Each code is from a need/desire or objective that youths hold as distinct social segmen t. In the elvis and hippie culture, the force behind the constitution of the code of rebellion. In geek and goth culture, it is also rebellion but a less radical kind- an intention escape from mainstream through specific lifestyle choices that stand out from the mainstream this kind of rebellion is enacted through technology. Geek: use their hacking abilities and sarcastic wit to attack human conduct and social instit ution. Goth: a different form of irony- an indirect mockery of the social order through a gothic code of dress and lifestyle. Satire and mockery are not limited to geek or goth but part of a carnivalesque code.
