Subcultures and class

Subcultures and class

1. Working class subcultures

   • Teddy Boys
     • Fyvel
       • Lacked male role models because they were at war
     • Abrams
       • 'Affluence without responsibility'
     • Hall and Jefferson
       • resistance in response to the destruction of their communities they aggressively defended their territory against developers and also immigrants
   • Mods
     • Cohen
       • Were working class but tried to imitate the style of the middle classes
     • Hebdige
       • Neat in appearance and took time to look respectable. Dressed conservatively
   • Skinheads
     • Hebdige
       • Exaggerated sense of working class style. Doctor Marten boots,jeans and Ben Sherman shirts
     • Clarke
       • Negative towards outsiders of their working class communities. They socialised in pubs, on street corners and at football matches

2. Middle class subcultures

   • Hippies
     • Hall
       • Opposed to capitalism wanted to live an alternative communal lifestyle
     • Brake
       • Mainly middle class and were forming a resistance to their parents' middle class values and the consumer culture which surrounded them.
   • Punks
     • Brake
       • Punk also attracted middle class willing to shock and make political/ anti-racist statements
   • Goths
     • Hodkinson
       • based around shared interests rather than resistance or rebellion