Return to Form: Analyzing the Role of Media in Self-documenting Subcultures

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCullough, John
dc.contributor.authorWood, Glen Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T13:50:41Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T13:50:41Z
dc.date.copyright2020-08
dc.date.issued2020-11-13
dc.date.updated2020-11-13T13:50:40Z
dc.degree.disciplineCinema and Media Studies
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines self-documenting subcultures and the role of media within them. The production and distribution of subcultural media is largely governed by intracultural industries. Elite practitioners and media-makers are incentivized to document performances that are deemed essential to the preservation of the status quo. This constructed dependency reflects and reproduces an ethos of conformity that pervades both social interactions and subcultural representations. The production of media and meaning is constrained by the presence of prescriptive formal conventions propagated by elite producers. These conditions, in part, result in the institutionalization of conformity. The inclusion of three case studies in this work illustrates the theoretical and methodological framework that classifies these formations under a new typology. Accordingly, this dissertation introduces an alternative approach to the study of subcultures.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/37911
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subject.keywordsSelf-documenting Subcultures
dc.subject.keywordsSubcultures
dc.subject.keywordsUrban Subcultures
dc.subject.keywordsSkateboarding
dc.subject.keywordsDirt-bike Riding
dc.subject.keywordsHardcore
dc.subject.keywordsHardcore Punk
dc.subject.keywordsStraightedge
dc.subject.keywordsSport Sociology
dc.subject.keywordsDirt-bikes
dc.subject.keywordsDirt Bikes
dc.subject.keywordsSkateboard
dc.titleReturn to Form: Analyzing the Role of Media in Self-documenting Subcultures
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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