Interestingly, the first use of the term "subculture" was used in LA, referring to gangs. Historically speaking, the first subculture to exist was probably the "zoot-suiters" of the late 1940s. About the same time the "bikers" also existed. The bikers were men who came back from WWII and couldn't fit in to mainstream America, so they jumped on their bikes and just went. Easy Rider (1969) was seen as a seminal counter cultural film to do with this sort of movement.
Moving through time, the 1950s saw the rise of the teenager (this was a democratic fact). This influenced the whole subculture movement. In 1950s film, the Hays Code began to relax and television was in nearly every American home.
I thought this point was very interesting: the importance of all subcultures: all working class BUT had money in style!
SUBCULTURAL CAPITAL and CULTURAL CAPITAL are not the same!!
Now this is interesting:
Angela McRobbie believes that their are female subcultures, but they are invisible to the public because they are not media-fueled. Instead, they exist in the school playgrounds and bedrooms......because women are particularly susceptible to domestic consumer ideologies. There is no violence in female subcultures - which is why they are invisible.
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