Culture and subculture

 

Hebdidge ‘subculture: The meaning of style

 

Sub-culture – Not a mainstream culture, comes under this

There is a way of dressing, image and statements within culture

The meanings of sub and counter cultures follow: 

·         Subculture = has its own values and beliefs but is able to exist within the mainstream culture

·         Counterculture = fundamentally goes against mainstream culture and if large enough ends up reshaping the mainstream. -  e.g. Suffragettes, Hippies

This subculture went against the mainstream culture of a simple life style - School, job, marriage and a family life. These hippies were young and rebellious and went against the mainstream culture and we can argue that this division has changed the mainstream culture.

 

The Latin roots of sub and counter culture – Sub = under, Counter = against

·         In 1979, he wrote a book on the British youth culture and the different groups that emerged after WW2.

·         Saw style and its associations with music as a symbolic form of resistance

·         Although he analysed how each specific sub-cultures (Punks, Rockers, Skinheads) evolved. He also looked at the shape aspects common to that evolution

·         He looked at links between subcultures around reggae music and punk music. Saw links of rejection.

All subcultures go on a similar path. Groups join in a resistance against the mainstream and can possibly change the way the mainstream culture is perceived in day to day life.

Music has such cultures which can define such music in todays society. This applies to my music video as the styles which I will include, such as clothing will perceive as a rebellious way to challenge the mainstream culture of today and of the time period in which the song was made.