Discuss British punk as the basis of a subgroup.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Using British punk culture as his unit of study, Hebdige shows how subgroups develop a style through the intentional use of clothing, dance, argot, and music. Students may also discuss the relationship to diffusion. Punk provides an interesting example of cultural diffusion. When record labels and music stores have surplus CDs, they often cut a little square notch out of the plastic case that then marks them as “remainder” products to be sold very cheaply.