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Subculture : the meaning of style / Dick Hebdige

By: Hebdige, Dick.
Series: New accents / general editor Terence Hawkes. Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001 printingDescription: viii, 195 p. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 0415039495.Subject(s): Subculture -- Great Britain | Youth -- Great BritainDDC classification: 306.1
Contents:
General editor's preface. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction : subculture and style. - One. From culture to hegemony. - Pt. One : some case studies. Two. Holliday in the sun : Mister Rotten makes the grade. Boredom in Babylon. Three. Back to Africa. The rastafarian solution. Reggae and rastafarianism. Exodus : a double crossing. Four. Hispsters, beats and teddy boys. Home-grown cool : the style of the mods. White skins, black masks. Glam and glitter rock : Albino camp and other diversions. Bleached roots : punks and white 'ethnicity'. - Pt. Two : a reading. Five. The function of subculture. Specificity : two types of teddy boy. The sources of style. Six. Subculture : the unnatural break. Two forms of incorporation. Seven. Style as intentional communication. Style as bricolage. Style in revolt : revolting style. Eight. Style as homology. Style as signifying practice. Nine. O.K., it's culture, but is it art?. - Conclusion. - References. - Bibliography. - Suggested further reading. - Index.
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Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 3, Shelf 4 , Side 2, TierNo 1, BayNo 7

 306.1 HEB (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09030,02,GR 5000046957

First published in 1979 by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

General editor's preface. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction : subculture and style. - One. From culture to hegemony. - Pt. One : some case studies. Two. Holliday in the sun : Mister Rotten makes the grade. Boredom in Babylon. Three. Back to Africa. The rastafarian solution. Reggae and rastafarianism. Exodus : a double crossing. Four. Hispsters, beats and teddy boys. Home-grown cool : the style of the mods. White skins, black masks. Glam and glitter rock : Albino camp and other diversions. Bleached roots : punks and white 'ethnicity'. - Pt. Two : a reading. Five. The function of subculture. Specificity : two types of teddy boy. The sources of style. Six. Subculture : the unnatural break. Two forms of incorporation. Seven. Style as intentional communication. Style as bricolage. Style in revolt : revolting style. Eight. Style as homology. Style as signifying practice. Nine. O.K., it's culture, but is it art?. - Conclusion. - References. - Bibliography. - Suggested further reading. - Index.