"The meaning of subculture, then, is always in dispute, and style is the arena in which opposing definitions clash with the most dramatic force." —Introduction, page 3

"Some groups have more say, have more opportunity to make the rules, to organize meaning, while others are less favorably placed, have less power to produce and impose their definitions of the world on the world." —Chapter 1, page 14

"The unlikely alliance of diverse and superficially incompatible musical traditions, mysteriously accomplished under punk, found ramifications in an equally eclectic clothing styles which reproduces the same kind of cacophony on a visual level." —Chapter 2, page 26

"Africa finds an echo inside reggae in its distinctive percussion." —Chapter 3, page 31

"The bonds which link white youth cultures to the black urban working class have long been recognized by commentators on the American popular music scene." —Chapter 4, page 46

"The unprecedented convergence of black...