Youth cultures studies

Question 1

Hebdige (1979)

Answer 1

Mods
- Working class who used their money to create a style resistant against to middle class
- Coined the term “bricolage” to describe punk culture - resistance against consumerism

Question 2

Jefferson (1950)

Answer 2

Teddy boys :
- wore edwardian style clothing
- Clothes symbolised that they were trying to be like their middle class superiors
- contempt of being middle class “superior “

Question 3

Cohen and Clarke

Answer 3

Skinheads :
- Shaved heads , Dr Martin’s
- Portrayed extreme values of the working class
- Threatened by immigrants
- Racist and violent