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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Punk lacks which of the following?
2. Hebdige says that individuals understand ideology in which of the following ways?
3. Hebdige presents what type(s) of studies to cast doubt on the assumption that the development of many youth cultures makes the British youth a single class unto themselves?
4. What does Hebdige say about post-war Britain with regard to mass media and how it defines cultural experience?
5. Where are the parents of the Rastafarians from?
Short Essay Questions
1. When subcultures began to take shape, what group or groups of people became active participants? Why?
2. What is the significance of the author's description of post-war Britain?
3. How do the Mods practice the "norms" of the mass culture and traditions of a subculture?
4. What does Hebdige say must be done in order to understand the connection between Punk and Reggae?
5. Does Hebdige believe the subculture participants' view of its subculture is the only determining factor in how it is viewed by the outside?
6. Why does Hebdige say that Reggae is primarily a black subculture?
7. According to Chapter 3, what is the main difference between the subcultures of Reggae and Rastafarians?
8. How does Hebdige say some members of the mass culture view the British youth of the different subcultures?
9. What physical and social affect did the London heat wave of 1976 have on the people of London according to Hebdige?
10. Even though Punk was founded on some of Reggae's ideas, were the two really similar, according to Hebdige?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the "black experience" through the eyes of George Jackson and Genet. What personal factors influence each of their opinions?
Essay Topic 2
According to Hebdige, how did the black and white communities view the mods? Why did they view the mods in this way? How did the mods view themselves? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Of the Rastafarian and Punk subcultures, which one seems to be the most defiant of the dominant culture, in your opinion? Give specific examples from the book that support your point of view.
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