Simbolički naboj potkulturnih stilova mladih
The Symbolic Impetus of Youth Subcultural Styles

Summary/Abstract: This paper explains subcultures using the category of lifestyles. Subcultures are defined as alternative modes of life opposed to the dominant (governing) cultural pattern. The author‟s attention is transferred from the objects to the ways in which they are symbolically represented, in turn used by a subcultureto shape its styledefinitely. Subcultural styles abound in various meanings, which in sociology are not understood as given, but as produced. Analogously, subcultural identities in the era of globalization of the society are also not treated as something imposed, but as a matter of personal choice – that which is created in the reflexive activities of an individual. Starting from the opinion that a subcultural style represents a form of symbolic resistance, the author presents a palette of different principles of the classification ofsubcultures. He examines violent (war) and peaceful (pacifist) subcultures, while particular attention is paid to the subculture of jeans and popular music trends, such as dance, techno, rave or house. Former Teddy Boys, rockers and punk rockers have made way for clubbers and members of the so-called urban tribes, while the “resistance through rituals” has diminished before the advancing young hedonists preoccupied with dance and fun. The concluding remarks in this paper are reserved for the consideration of the prospects of subcultural activities of the young, which are taking place in the domain of new urban movements (environmental, feminist and other).

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