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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. How does Hebdige define style?

2. Hebdige says that style is resistance to what?

3. Individuals' conduct in society is greatly influenced by which?

4. The Glam subculture addresses what question?

5. Punk lacks which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the physical ways the Rastafarians embraced their ties to Africa?

2. According to Hebdige, what affect does the Glam subculture have on someone looking in from the outside?

3. Why does Hebdige think the mass culture "mythologizes signification"?

4. Does Hebdige agree with the idea that all subcultures are lumped into one "class"?

5. According to Hebdige, what is a major factor that separates the mass culture from subcultures?

6. Besides the experience of slavery, what other elements were used to create Reggae?

7. What does Hebdige say was Punk's mission when they formed?

8. What is the significance of the author's description of post-war Britain?

9. When subcultures began to take shape, what group or groups of people became active participants? Why?

10. How does Hebdige say some members of the mass culture view the British youth of the different subcultures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did black migration to London affect the black immigrants and the youth of Post-War Britain? Give specific examples and explain the positives and negatives of the move.

Essay Topic 2

The author says that black subcultures directly impact white subcultures. If black subcultures never existed, what effect would that have on white subcultures? Would white subcultures exist? How would they be different?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author say about common objects and subcultures vs. the dominant culture? What are common objects? Who decides how they are used? Is there only one use for them? If not, give examples that would support the idea that there are several uses for common objects.

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