Week 5: Subculture & Style

​Lecture Notes

Defining What a Subculture Is

Hebdige (1979, p.136) ​defines the formation of the term subculture in his book by stating 'we have had to expand our definition of culture to cover all those expressive forms which give meaningful shape to group experience'.

Hebdige, D. (1979) Subculture : the meaning of style. London: Methuen.