SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dominant Culture, T-Shirt, Dick Hebdige
16 Nov 2016
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Subcultures and countercultures: an antagonistic or oppositional relation to dominant culture. A subculture can be defined through its relationship to dominant culture . What is usually described as mass culture : forms of culture that are accessible, widely available and intended for consumption by as many people as possible (o"brien and szeman, 2014, p. 237) O"brien and szeman: through their actions, practices and styles, subcultures and countercultures challenge the values, ideas and structures of mainstream culture consciously and directly. In multiple ways, challenge or oppose dominant structures they see as limiting, repressive and/or problematic. As threatening and dangerous or as the conscience of the mainstream. That is, as the real" expression of a culture that is otherwise dominated by bad" commercial culture (o"brien and szeman, 2014, p. 248) Subculture + the meaning of style (dick hebdige) A way of understanding the implicit politics of subcultures.
