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    Urban Tribes in the UK

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    tribe pleads for the tolerance and the diversity. Punks: they are known as anti globalization groups. The Punk was born in the late 70s in the UK. The punks are an anarchistic group: they are against capitalism‚ neoliberalism and consumerism. As with other tribes‚ they share some specific music and fashion styles. They wear used clothes‚ mostly black (combined with other explosive colours). It is usually broken‚ patched and adorned with logos of punk

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    Music in Different Cultures

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    popular music is an umbrella term referring to a vast range of commercially mass-marketed musical genres contrasting with classical or art music and intended for mass consumption (e.g.‚ rock‚ rock and roll‚ hip-hop‚ grunge‚ heavy metal‚ rhythm and blues‚ punk‚ soul‚ techno‚ funk‚ rap‚ house). This wide-ranging term encompasses a plethora of musical styles involving various rhythms‚ vocal styles‚ instruments‚ and technologies. Characteristically‚ popular music is a global cultural phenomenon and an accessible

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    going to explore how postmodernist values‚ art movements and architecture construct the identities and subcultures created within this era. Initially I will be looking at two authors Dick Hebdige and David Muggleton and then support this with examples of subcultures of the period and following the subculture as if filters through to becoming mainstream. According to Dick Hebdige subcultures occur in society as youth rebelling to the hegemony from the ruling classes. “This process begins with

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    resistance representations while Asians do not; whites and Asians report significant involvement in crime and delinquency‚ while blacks do not. Finally‚ we discuss our findings in light of research on media effects and audience reception‚ youth subcultures and post-subcultural analysis‚ and the sociology of cultural consumption. Thinking About Rap The emergence and spectacular growth of rap is probably the most important development in popular music since the rise of rock ’n’ roll in the late 1940s

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    Pop Culture

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    Culture’ it quickly became apparent that she was expressing the view that although there is a rather prominent disdain towards the media from grass-roots cultures and subcultures‚ it is in fact the media that helps develop these subcultures and is very effective in their growth. This is contrary to youth discourses‚ which believe that subcultures “begin as a seed and grow by the force of their own energy” as Thornton puts it. Instead‚ the media is integral to the processes by which‚ in Bordieu’s terms‚ “we

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    Making Sense of Dance Music

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    possess youth spirit. Obviously dance has a significant meaning for these people from different backgrounds‚ ethnics‚ religions and nationalities. Negus‚ 2002 argues that music is the crucial binding factor for all subcultures. The use of media is crucial in the development of subcultures in order to give access to bigger audience. The Industry saw a huge potential in this ’target’ group and offered services and products to the Dance scene. At the other hand‚ music can be seen as a form of intercultural

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    the norms and values of mainstream society and instead turn to the norms and values of a delinquent subculture. In this subculture the boys can achieve success because the social group has different norms and values from the rest of society. So in this culture a high value is placed upon criminal acts such as stealing and vandalism which are condemned by mainstream society. In these subcultures the individual who lacked respect in mainstream society can gain it by committing crimes such as vandalism

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    There are 5 basic techniques of managing deviance. There is secrecy‚ manipulating the physical setting‚ rationalizations‚ change to non-d`eviance‚ and joining deviant subcultures. The act of secrecy is easily defined as the word itself. The deviant keeps secrets from those around them. The thought behind it being that if nobody ever knows about their deviant behavior there is no one who can place negative sanctions upon the deviant. Next‚ manipulating the physical setting‚ the deviant chooses to

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    to note that many youth subcultures began to emerge during this time. Melissa M. Casburn‚ writer of “A Concise History of the British Movement‚” describes the cultural climate for British youth: “Struggling to escape the oppressive morals‚ family obligations and strict discipline in schools and on the streets‚ a string of youth cultures emerged as a way of rebellion and self expression…”(Casburn‚ p. 1). The Mod culture origins come from a few different preceding subcultures. Before The Mods’ signature

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    Outline and assess Realist explanation of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Left Realists provides a casual explanation for crime. Left Realists look at the individual and the causes which could have led them to commit crime. Right Realism comes from a New Right perspective which looks at the causes of crime and what can be put in place to deter criminals. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For example‚ someone who commits a crime such as murder or rape is considered a criminal.

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