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    Making Sense of Dance Music

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    possess youth spirit. Obviously dance has a significant meaning for these people from different backgrounds‚ ethnics‚ religions and nationalities. Negus‚ 2002 argues that music is the crucial binding factor for all subcultures. The use of media is crucial in the development of subcultures in order to give access to bigger audience. The Industry saw a huge potential in this ’target’ group and offered services and products to the Dance scene. At the other hand‚ music can be seen as a form of intercultural

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    There are 5 basic techniques of managing deviance. There is secrecy‚ manipulating the physical setting‚ rationalizations‚ change to non-d`eviance‚ and joining deviant subcultures. The act of secrecy is easily defined as the word itself. The deviant keeps secrets from those around them. The thought behind it being that if nobody ever knows about their deviant behavior there is no one who can place negative sanctions upon the deviant. Next‚ manipulating the physical setting‚ the deviant chooses to

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    The Mods

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    to note that many youth subcultures began to emerge during this time. Melissa M. Casburn‚ writer of “A Concise History of the British Movement‚” describes the cultural climate for British youth: “Struggling to escape the oppressive morals‚ family obligations and strict discipline in schools and on the streets‚ a string of youth cultures emerged as a way of rebellion and self expression…”(Casburn‚ p. 1). The Mod culture origins come from a few different preceding subcultures. Before The Mods’ signature

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    Outline and assess Realist explanation of crime and deviance. (50 marks) Left Realists provides a casual explanation for crime. Left Realists look at the individual and the causes which could have led them to commit crime. Right Realism comes from a New Right perspective which looks at the causes of crime and what can be put in place to deter criminals. The term ‘crime’ means behaviour that breaks the law. For example‚ someone who commits a crime such as murder or rape is considered a criminal.

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    Standards of Beauty

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    is acquired? Or is it a privilege that is bestowed on certain individuals? The society within The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ establishes a certain standard to which its members must conform to. This conformity is also present in Dick Hebdige’s Subculture: The Meaning of Style. His novel serves as a reflection of today’s society with the presence of mass media and their guidelines for acceptance. By providing evidences from the text‚ Morrison presents a way for us to see the characters lust to conform

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    bonuses * Market which it operates * Working environment eg office * External environment eg economy * Attitude to risk taking and innovation Cultural Differences * Subcultures develop based on occupations‚ product lines‚ geography eg Samsung in US and in S.Korea * Managing subcultures has become more difficult: Mergers‚ takeover‚ joint ventures are more common. Many firms now multinational‚ language barriers. More remote/specialised workers. Research Barclays Investment

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    However‚ youth culture can also be seen as being created by consumption. The youth culture are targeted by big companies to tap at their disposable income. In the 1950s the youth had more disposable income than ever before. This created more subcultures. For example consumption has led to the Burberry chavs and Fred Perry

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    the great diversity of rock music many would agree that this concept is most prevalent in the subgenre known as punk. Punk was gritty‚ foul‚ arrogant and snotty‚ nothing it said had meaning outside of what could be said with a mere finger gesture…or was it? In truth punk was as diverse in its nature as rock was as a whole. It is because of this that so many argue about when exactly the punk scene started‚ but many agree that it was born right here in the states‚ out of small town garages from boys and

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    Skinhead Subculture

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    variety of subcultures within the culture itself due to the evolution and separation of different groups of skinheads. The Skinhead subculture originated in the mid to late sixties and was created by the working class community that had a strong fondness for fashion and music. The original Skinheads enjoyed listening to soul‚ ska‚ bluebeat‚ and rocksteady music. They were also highly influenced by the Jamaican Rude Boy subculture‚ Reggae‚ and Rastafarianism. From this original subculture many other

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    Punk Rock

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    Influencing Punk Rock American exceptionalism is a pivotal concept within the American culture. Stemming from a revolution‚ this theory shaped a new way of thinking within the United States that seemed far different from many other cultures. Seymour Martin Lipset used this concept to explain‚ “why the United States is the only industrialized country which does not have a significant socialist movement or Labor party.” This essentially explains why America is extraordinary. Punk personifies American

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