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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. Chapter 2 begins by talking about the London heat wave of what year?
2. What happened to the people of London as the heat intensified?
3. The manner in which the Rastafarian parents migrated did which of the following?
4. What does Hebdige say is one of the things that "deconstructs rock music back to its more fundamental roots"?
5. Hebdige's Subculture is which of the following approaches to understanding the styles of Britain's youth cultures?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the physical ways the Rastafarians embraced their ties to Africa?
2. Does Hebdige believe subcultures can have a positive affect on individuals?
3. In Chapter 4, how does Hebdige explain the creation of white subcultures?
4. In the Introduction and Chapter 1, how does Hebdige feel about the way the mass culture defines everyday life?
5. In Chapter 4, how do the Teddy Boys contradict themselves?
6. In Chapter 5, what does Hebdige say is important with regard to why a subculture is formed?
7. How do the Skinheads identify with black subcultures?
8. What is the history of the blacks from the West Indies compared to the post-war British youth?
9. Why does Hebdige think the mass culture "mythologizes signification"?
10. Why did the parents of the Rastafarians face such harsh discrimination when they came to London?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the philosophy of the 1950's Teddy Boys. How is it different from the 1970's Teddy Boys?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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)
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