New Accents: Subculture Ed2 (The New Accent) [Hardcover]

Dick Hebdige (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0415291372 | ISBN-13: 978-0415291378 | Edition: Reprint

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Editorial Reviews

Review

'Hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning of Style is so important: complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content...' Rolling Stone

'With enviable precision and wit Hebdige has addressed himself to a complex topic - the meanings behind the fashionable exteriors of working-class youth subcultures - approaching them with a sophisticated theoretical apparatus that combines semiotics, the sociology of deviance and Marxism and come up with a very stimulating short book' - Time Out

The book is recommended whole-heartedly to anyone who would like fresh ideas about some of the most stimulating music of the rock era' - The New York Times

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

A renowned cultural critic and theorist, Dick Hebdige has published widely on youth subculture, contemporary music, art and design, and consumer and media culture. His current interests include the integration of autobiography and mixed media in critical writing and pedagogy.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Reprint edition (October 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415291372
• ISBN-13: 978-0415291378
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,802,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Art Primer, February 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is fundmentally the the bases for anyone who is studying art theory. This books goes into how subcultures like the punk movement to hip hop and gang cultures got started and why they are important to understanding diverse social structures.

Althought this book is small it is not an easy read. I read this book four or five time before things started to sink in. After finishing this book I felt more prepared for the art going experience.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable insight into postwar subcultures, July 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) (Mass Market Paperback)

From mods to rastafarians this books covers the history and social significance of them all. Although heavy at the start the book levels out at a nice factual tempo providing meaning to every subculture youth movent interlinking them and weaving them with the music scene. There are a few gaps, perhaps due to lack of knowledge, which I believe are significant but have been left out. Worth a read if you are intrested in fasion, youth, sociological research or music.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource, March 14, 2006

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This review is from: Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents) (Mass Market Paperback)

Hebdige's book is an excellent text that is enjoyable and informative to read. It is academic and poetic all at once, mirroring certain aspects of the self-conscious scene he describes. He takes on the challenge of recording both the history and method of cultural creation and change in Britain, and leaves the savvy reader at a good place for interpreting later subcultural movements (US punk & hardcore, for example). I would say this is an essential read for the student or layman interested in subculture (past and present) or the history of punks, skins, etc.