Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)

'Hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning of Style is so important: complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige [...] is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads and punks.' - Rolling Stone With enviable precision and wit Hebdige has addressed himself to a complex topic - the meanings behind the fashionable exteriors of working-class youth subcultures - approaching them with a sophisticated theoretical apparatus that combines semiotics, the sociology of devience and Marxism and come up with a very stimulating short book - Time Out This book is an attempt to subject the various youth-protest movements of Britain in the last 15 years to the sort of Marxist, structuralist, semiotic analytical techniques propagated by, above all, Roland Barthes. The book is recommended whole-heartedly to anyone who would like fresh ideas about some of the most stimulating music of the rock era - The New York Times

'hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning Of Style Is So Important: Complex And Remarkably Lucid, It's The First Book Dealing With Punk To Offer Intellectual Content. Hebdige [...] Is Concerned With The Uk's Postwar, Music-centred, White Working-class Subcultures, From Teddy Boys To Mods And Rockers To Skinheads And Punks.' - Rolling Stone

with Enviable Precision And Wit Hebdige Has Addressed Himself To A Complex Topic - The Meanings Behind The Fashionable Exteriors Of Working-class Youth Subcultures - Approaching Them With A Sophisticated Theoretical Apparatus That Combines Semiotics, The Sociology Of Devience And Marxism And Come Up With A Very Stimulating Short Book - time Out

this Book Is An Attempt To Subject The Various Youth-protest Movements Of Britain In The Last 15 Years To The Sort Of Marxist, Structuralist, Semiotic Analytical Techniques Propagated By, Above All, Roland Barthes. The Book Is Recommended Whole-heartedly To Anyone Who Would Like Fresh Ideas About Some Of The Most Stimulating Music Of The Rock Era - the New York Times

Dick Hebdige's Subculture is one of the most influential books in cultural studies to have been published in the last fifty years. Acclaimed by Rolling Stone and The New York Times on its first publication, it is a classic study of youth subcultures and the story of style, from Reggae and Rastafarianism to glam rock and punk. Beginning with an explanation of such contested terms as culture, ideology, hegemony, style and subculture Hebidge also investigates the postwar styles of hipsters, beats, teds, mods, skinheads, rude boys, glam and glitter rockers, punks, and dreads. He also brilliantly analyses different facets of style, especially punk and working-class subculture and explores the commodification and diffusion of style by the media The chic thing is to dress in expensive tailor-made rags and all the queens are camping about in wild-boy drag.