He noted that they include the following; naturalness, practicalness, thinness, accessibleness and immethodicalness. In conclusion, he noted that common sense is a by product, waste or what is left behind after art, science, law, ideology, religion, mathematics, technology and even epistemology and ethics have been exhausted by our minds.
Hebrige (1979) perspective of culture
Hebrige (1979) noted that our perception of style is actually a subculture in itself.
A summary and analysis of Hebrige's (1979) work on subculture
Hebrige (1979) began his work by saying that people communicate through their clothes. He noted that style is an intentional form of communication as earlier noted by Eco (1973).Subculture is also noted to be a cycle that leads from opposition to diffusion. Style is noted be a subculture that has its own codes of display. He noted that style is a subculture of conspicuous consumption. Style is also projected to be primitive (bricolage). Style is a subculture of revolt.
A comparing and contrasting of the works of Geertz (2000) and Hebrige (1979)
A review of the works of Geertz (2000) and Hebrige (1979) indicates that both believe that subculture is a social construction and represents a fight between primitive and non-primitive forces. They both believe that subculture is an opposition and revolt. The difference in their work is that Geertz (2000) believe that subculture is something that is subconsciously assimilated. Hebrige (1979) on the other hand believes that it is intentional.
Q2. Gender as a cultural construction
The concept of gender is noted by Chandorow (1995) to be both a personal and social construction. The cultural construction of gender is very evident in most literature. The very idea that various gender characteristics are never inborn and are rather constructed within each and every culture means that gender is a cultural construction (Hebrige, 1979). For instance, we see that all cultures do recognize two sexes; male and female. They also recognize two genders; feminine and masculine.
Alternative gender roles
Several societies have different...
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