Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice

by Ken Gelder

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This book presents a cultural history of subcultures, covering a remarkable range of subcultural forms and practices. It begins with London's 'Elizabethan underworld', taking the rogue and vagabond as subcultural prototypes: the basis for Marx's later view of subcultures as the lumpenproletariat, and Henry Mayhew's view of subcultures as 'those that will not work'. Subcultures are always in some way non-conforming or dissenting. They are social...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415379520

ISBN13:9780415379526

Release Date:April 2007

Publisher:Routledge

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.71 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Communication & Media Studies Cultural Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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