GHOST TOWN

  • a form of cultural resistance
  • attempts to change law and legislation will no happen over night
  • Antonio Gramsci: Italian philosopher writing in the 1930’s
  • Cultural hegemony: power, rule, or domination maintained by ideological and cultural means.
  • Hegemonic: dominant, ruling-class, power-holders
  • the Birmingham school was first to notice the different subcultures of teenagers such as : teddy-boys, mods, skinheads and punks.
  • Margaret Thatcher : firm immigration control for the future is essential if we are to achieve good community relations’
  • firm immigration control for the future is essential if we are to achieve good community relations’
  • ‘ too much fighting on the dancefloor’ reflects how there was a lot of violence at the 2 tone concerts.
  • internal tensions in the band is reflected in the eerie sounding music.
  • the empty streets represents how everyone was working and how it was no longer a busy city.

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