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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. What method is used to facilitate the mass society's understanding of subcultures?

2. In which of the following ways, do Punks communicate language?

3. Which of the following is another word for "science of the concrete"?

4. Hebdige says that Genet transformed from individual into what?

5. What does Hebdige say is the next step after a subculture is ready to become a part of the "mass cultural consciousness"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hebdige say about the Punk subculture and how it outwardly expresses its views?

2. What conclusion does Hebdige finally come to about style?

3. How does Hebdige view the objects used by the Punk subculture to promote their subculture?

4. What does Hebdige conclude about style and how that may have been the cause of the tension between the 70's Teddy Boys and Punks?

5. In your opinion, how does the content of this book affect present day society in America?

6. In Hebdige's words, what causes George Jackson to think the way he does about black cultures?

7. How does Hebdige view a style of chaos and flux?

8. At what point in the book did Hebdige come to his conclusion about style?

9. In what way does Hebdige describe style as being cyclical?

10. What does Hebdige say about the straightforward style?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author describe the media's affect on how the public views the Punk subculture? Give specific examples of ways the media can affect the subculture both positively and negatively.

Essay Topic 2

The author says that subcultures represent a "culture of conspicuous consumption." What specific examples did he give to support this notion with regard to the 1950's Teddy Boys and Punk. (i.e. bricolage, sexuality, music, dance, journalism, law)

Essay Topic 3

The author says its more important to understand the historical context of a subculture than the "familiar rites of passage associated with the transition from childhood to maturity." Discuss the historical context of the Punk, Reggae, Rastafarian, 1950's Teddy Boys, and 1970's Teddy Boys subcultures. Give specific information noted in the text.

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