Stanley Cohen saw subculture as being a threat to social values and interests by a person or group of people. A significant sign of revolt can be shown by the skinhead subculture, by being linked with criminal activity, portraying themselves as working class via dress sense in Ben Sherman shirts, tatty jeans, and boots, additionally they listened to music of the ska genre. Others will see these people as being harmless and just expressing their style by costume and grammar used as a way of reacting to the political goings on at the time. Additionally Punks expression of style was distinguished and exposed through lyric in song, clothing, and even art work. ‘God Save the Queen’ by the Sex Pistols saw an album cover which revealed much response due to its shocking nature as they aimed to outrage society with behaviour. The 70s strikes can be an excuse to their revolt, while others thought they were a ‘creative mess’. Thus, subcultures can be taken up as being both revolt and expression
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Nick - This blog was due by Friday 25th but it was not posted until Monday 28th. I will mark it this time but any further missed deadlines will not be marked.
This is a reasonably good post which addresses some of the key points about the dual nature of subculture as both revolt and style.
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