Subculture: The Meaning of Style

Subculture: The Meaning of Style
AuthorDick Hebdige
LanguageEnglish
SubjectYouth subculture
PublisherMethuen
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeBook

Subculture: The Meaning of Style is a 1979 book by Dick Hebdige, focusing on Britain's postwar youth subculture styles as symbolic forms of resistance.[1] Drawing from Marxist theorists, literary critics, French structuralists, and American sociologists, Hebdige presents a model for analyzing youth subcultures.[2] While Hebdige argues that each subculture undergoes the same trajectory, he outlines the individual style differences of specific subcultures, such as Teddy boys, mods, rockers, skinheads, and punks.[1] Hebdige emphasizes the historical, class, race, and socioeconomic conditions that surrounded the formation of each subculture.[3] While Subculture: The Meaning of Style is one of the most influential books on the theory of subcultures, it faces a range of critiques.[4]

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