http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture:_ The_Meaning_of_style
Above is a link to the novel Dick Hebdige wrote in 1979 regarding the mean of style and subcultures.
"Members of a subculture often subject their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style, which includes fashions, music and mannerisms" - Hebdige (1979)
I have chosen the following subculture 'Greaser' to research and learn about the different mannerisms, music tastes and fashion types that Greasers follow.
Style
The greaser subculture follow a distinctive type of style and fashion tastes, below is a list of the clothing and style which makes up the stereotypical greaser.
Men greasers:
- White t-shirt
- Leather jacket, seen as rebellious during the 50's
- Ripped jeans, seen as rebellious during the 50's as denim was an anti-established type of clothing. Levi's were the most popular type of jeans back in the 1950's
Women greasers:
- Wind breaker
- Dickies or levi's work jacket
- leather jacket
Music tastes
Greasers were interested in rebellious types of artists which were trending throughout the 1950's, these included the following:
- Elvis Pressley
- James Dean
- Buddy Holly
- Ritchie Vallance
Music artists were incredibly influencal on teenagers within the 1950's as the different genres of music created different types of groups and styles to form, people chose which groups they would fall into meaning groups wanted to become more popular than others. They became more popular through rebellion as at the time it wasn't known to rebel against the rest of society.
Mannerisms
The greasers were known as rebellious and therefore acted against the law and the rest of society, they had to act a certain way in order to become rebellious, therefore greasers had certain, distinctive mannerisms.
- Rebellious
- Rude language
- Not respective
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