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Subculture : the meaning of style /

By: Series: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.Description: viii, 195 pages ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0415039495
  • 9780415039499
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Contents:
From culture to hegemony -- pt. 1. Some case studies -- Holiday in the sun : Mister Rotten makes the grade -- Boredom in Babylon -- Back to Africa -- the Rastafarian solution -- Reggae and Rastafarianism -- Exodus : a double crossing -- Hipsters, 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. 2. A reading -- The function of subculture -- Specificity : two types of teddy boy -- The sources of style -- Subculture : the unnatural break -- Two forms of incorporation -- Style as intentional communication -- Style as bricolage -- Style in revolt : revolting style -- Style as homology -- Style as signifying practice -- O.K., it's culture, but is it art?
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General HQ 799 HEB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009162

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-186) and index.

From culture to hegemony -- pt. 1. Some case studies -- Holiday in the sun : Mister Rotten makes the grade -- Boredom in Babylon -- Back to Africa -- the Rastafarian solution -- Reggae and Rastafarianism -- Exodus : a double crossing -- Hipsters, 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. 2. A reading -- The function of subculture -- Specificity : two types of teddy boy -- The sources of style -- Subculture : the unnatural break -- Two forms of incorporation -- Style as intentional communication -- Style as bricolage -- Style in revolt : revolting style -- Style as homology -- Style as signifying practice -- O.K., it's culture, but is it art?

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