Youth subculture

Subversion and Defiance: A Comparison of Culture in Subculture: The Meaning of Style by Dick Hebdige and Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Culture is an ambiguous term that sociologists have attributed multiple definitions to. For the purpose of this essay, I will follow T.S. Eliot’s definition of all of the characteristic activities and interests of a group of people (Eliot, 1948). In this essay, I will compare how Dick Hebdige in Subculture: The Meaning of Style and Michel Foucault in…

increasing gang activity within the Canadian community (cite). Specifically, in Western urban centers within the prairies, there has been a notable increase in Aboriginal youth gang activity (cite). Currently, 96% of Saskatchewan’s gang related activity involves individuals of Aboriginal decent (cite). The CIA reports that the increase of youth gang activity developed in 2005 during the Aboriginal prison riots. After the Canadian government experienced riots, there was a division of gang members…

In the article, "Stilyagi - Subcultures," Pozdeyeva states the roots of the history of Stilyagi. The increase in the number of diplomatic staffs automatically increased the number of family members living in other "Soviet" reality (abroad) associated with success and prosperity (Pozdeyeva)…

Hipsters consider themselves to be non-conformists yet they all dress and look the same. This is often the irony of subcultures and group identity. Some say hipsters are obsessed with vintage stuff because they are disillusioned by modern society while others observe that the large black-rimmed glasses hipsters love are a sign that the new cool is smart and well-educated…

According to Dick Hebdige's Subculture, the Meaning of Style, style as a form of resistance can be easily seen in examination of the punk movement, which emerged in the late 70's. In the UK, it can be seen to be a rebellion against the working-class youth's limited options in a capitalist driven society, as punks rejected the traditional values set out by the self-interested middle-class. Punk style aimed to shock and repulse with participants using their clothing as a means of breaking away…

ironically tend to voice their opinions through the means of social media and technology. A “hipster” is a label that many people tend to put on others, but rarely do we think deeply on what it means to be one. The purpose here is not to condemn the subculture or to question its significance, but rather to raise awareness and draw limitations of what hipness is from a cultural perspective of African American music and art, how whites identify themselves with black culture, and the meaning…

My first understanding of subculture is that it is considered as deviant, the anti-mainstream. Nothing more nothing less. Since it bears negative meaning, I mostly think subculture as troublesome. However, Hebdige’s discussion in his book Subculture: the Meaning of Style enriches and for the most part is able to provide a complete overview on what subcultures are. Hebdige’s final remark on subcultures is not quite different from the definition I have at the first place but he gives a more…

skateboarding brands, and even skateboarding attire as authentic or unauthentic skaters decide what they feel represents their subculture. Disagreement among skaters, a group of individualistic rebels, is extremely common but important to the subculture. Authenticity is choice and respect by fellow skaters within the subculture. Authenticity is a tool that is important to the skating subculture that sets, but not limits, standards, values, and a public…

originated from. To the immigrants of United Kingdom that changed from the Rude boys to the Mods. Then even further across the globe to the United States where it is more known as the Neo-Nazi skinheads. These groups are all apart of the skinhead subculture. The Rude boys “was originally used to describe the less fortunate communities throughout Kingston town in the late 50’s”(Natividad 2012). Then, over time this named transformed from a descriptive word into a name for a sub-culture in…

2008, there were 20,000 active gangs across the nation. However, while gangs come in many forms, the local street gangs account for the largest number of gangs nationwide who commit a variety of crimes and violence (p. 138). Gangs are considered subcultures within the dominant culture who have their own shared beliefs and values passed down to other group members. Oftentimes, gangs are involved in the distribution of drugs and expand their chapters across the nations to influence new…