书摘
Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (4th Edition)
Chris Baker
Sage Publishing
Youth, Style and Resistance
Summary
...Youth is a cultural classification of an elastic age band that has been ambiguously coded by adults to indicate 'trouble' and 'fun'. Youth carries adult hopes for the future but also incites fear and concern.
The early work of British cultural studies concerned itself with the idea of spectacular youth subcultures. These were understood to be the manifestation of a symbolic resistance to the class hegemonic order. Subcultures as distinct domains of subterranean values were argued to offer magical solutions to the structural problems of class.
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Contemporary commentators on the youth scene, particularly those focused on dance culture, now question the usefulness of the concept of subcultures. They argue that youth culture is increasingly fragmented and 'incoherent', with the notion of an authentic subculture no longer viable...it is that they are 'inside' and not 'outside' of mass-mediated
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This argument does not lead youth into the black hole of insignificance. Rather, the creative usage of commodities to achieve a postmodern 'cut'n'mix' by active, productive consumers represents a set of meaningful activities...Whether this can be regarded as 'resistance' is a moot point. It depends on who is said to be resisting what by whom under what particular circumstances. Resistance is relational, conjunctural and normative.
*昨晚本应发学渣笔记的时间用来发舟渡小甜文了，所以今天白天补发，今晚再发另一篇书摘~
*最近晨读时段都在读这个。下面整理一下我读完整章的思路，可能很混乱而且错漏百出，欢迎指正讨论~
“年轻人”(youth) 在关于亚文化的讨论中是个模糊暧昧的概念。它不会有明文规定说这个“年轻人亚文化”的参与者超过多少岁就不能归类进去。早期学者认为亚文化是一种working class的年轻人对抗阶层结构问题的magical solutions. 而后来这种观点遭到的其中一个诟病是，它仅仅考虑了working class的白人男青年，黑人、女性等都是被忽略的。到了当代，学者开始质疑亚文化这个概念是否还适用。年轻人的文化愈发碎片化、自由化，并不是那么铁板一块，並且它对主流也不一定是采取对抗的态度，它可能是一种协商(negotiate)。年轻人是重要的消费群体，是文化意义的积极生产者，不是outside of 消费资本主义，他们正是insider。
