Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)
by Dick Hebdige
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`Complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads and punks.' -
Rolling Stone
Book Club Questions for Subculture (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Subculture:
- Did Dick Hebdige emphasize any specific themes throughout Subculture? What do you think Dick Hebdige is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Subculture and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Subculture? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Subculture reveal Dick Hebdige's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Dick Hebdige is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Subculture affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Dick Hebdige's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Subculture (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Subculture:
- Did Dick Hebdige make persuasive arguments in Subculture? Did Subculture change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Subculture?
- How does Dick Hebdige present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Dick Hebdige biased within Subculture? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Subculture make you want to read next? Why?
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