Hebdige and Subculture in the Twenty-First Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Peter Webb

   Pages 1-7

3. Theories and Debates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Hebdige, Punk and the Post-subcultural Meaning of Style

      • Andy Bennett

      Pages 11-27

   3. Scavenger and Bricoleur: A Critical Analysis of Dick Hebdige’s Repurposing of Subculture Through the Intersection of Biography and History

      • Shane Blackman

      Pages 29-50

   4. Resuscitating the Subcultural Corpse: A Reflection on Subculture as Lived Experience and the Importance of Class and Ethnicity!

      • Peter Webb

      Pages 51-69

   5. The Scholar and the Punk: Hebdige’s Master Narrative and the Deceptive Self-Knowledge of the Subaltern

      • Pete Dale

      Pages 71-89

4. Others, Absence and Identity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Where the (Untypical) Girls Are: Inscribing Women’s Experiences into Dick Hebdige’s Subculture: The Meaning of Style

      • Christine Feldman-Barrett

      Pages 93-111

   3. Syncretic Youth: The Phantom Legacy of Hebdige’s Subculture—The Meaning of Style

      • Rehan Hyder

      Pages 113-131

5. Hebdige and Contemporary Subcultures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. On the Meaning of Style: Black Metal’s ‘Black’

      • Edia Connole

      Pages 135-168

   3. There and Back Again: Linking Online and Offline Spaces in/of Czech Emo Subculture

      • Martin Heřmanský

      Pages 169-205

   4. Under-Connected: Youth Subcultures, Resistance and Sociability in the Internet Age

      • Paula Guerra

      Pages 207-230

   5. ‘Can You Really Get Away with That at Work?’: Recent Experiences of Teaching and Learning Hebdige

      • Lucy Robinson, Chris Warne

      Pages 231-252

   6. Collective Interview with Dick Hebdige After 35 Years of Subculture: The Meaning of Style

      • Paula Guerra, Dick Hebdige, Andy Bennett, Carles Feixa, and Pedro Quintela

      Pages 253-266

6. Back Matter

   Pages 267-278

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This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capable of helping us understand the subcultures of the twenty-first century. The contributors to this volume assess the main theoretical trends behind Hebdige’s work, critically engaging with their value and how they orient a researcher or student of subculture, and also look at some absences in Hebdige’s original account of subculture, such as gender and ethnicity. The book concludes with an interview with Hebdige himself, where he deals with questions about his concept of subculture and the gestation of his original work in a way that shows his seriousness and humour in equal measure. This volume is a vital contribution to the debate on subculture from some of the best researchers and academics working in the field in the twenty-first century.

• Cultural history
• Dick Hebdige
• Social history
• Popular music
• Twentieth century

• University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

  Keith Gildart

• Ealing School of Art, Design and Media, University of West London, London, UK

  Anna Gough-Yates

• School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

  Sian Lincoln

• London Metropolitan University, London, UK

  Bill Osgerby

• School of History, Art History and Philosophy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

  Lucy Robinson

• University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

  John Street

• University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

  Peter Webb

• Department of History, University of Reading, Reading, UK

  Matthew Worley

The Subcultures Network was formed as the Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change in 2011. The Network’s steering committee comprises Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton), Anna Gough-Yates (University of Roehampton), Sian Lincoln (Liverpool John Moores University), Bill Osgerby (London Metropolitan University), Lucy Robinson (University of Sussex), John Street (University of East Anglia), Pete Webb (University of the West of England) and Matthew Worley (University of Reading).

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