● Rock music is influenced by r&b - teddy boys and rockers listened to this
● Reggae and ska influenced skinheads and rudeboys
● Asian Bhangra music is influential in the UK
Rastafarians and reggae
● Use of dreadlocks and the colours of the Ethiopian flag where their origins are from
● Smoking marijuana to reach a higher level of spirituality
Brasian culture
● Bhangra music is often mixed with rap pop and dance to create a fusion
● Asians refused to accept discrimination and celebrated their culture by making it
more contemporary with this music
Resistance or hybridity
● Resistance - Rastafarians
● Hybridity - Brasians (however they hold on to their own culture which could be seen
as resisting assimilation)
Ethnocentric sociologists
● Functionalists CCCS and Feminists don’t consider ethnicity
● Hebdige argued that Black culture has an influence but didn’t fully explore this
● U.S. studies are less white centred - for example there were studies of hip hop and
gangsta rap
● However these were mostly undertaken by Black sociologists
Hybridity: cultural exchange and appropriation
● Elvis Presley was accused of stealing Black culture
● Difference between cultural exchange and appropriation
● Reggae and ska influenced skinheads and rudeboys
● Asian Bhangra music is influential in the UK
Rastafarians and reggae
● Use of dreadlocks and the colours of the Ethiopian flag where their origins are from
● Smoking marijuana to reach a higher level of spirituality
Brasian culture
● Bhangra music is often mixed with rap pop and dance to create a fusion
● Asians refused to accept discrimination and celebrated their culture by making it
more contemporary with this music
Resistance or hybridity
● Resistance - Rastafarians
● Hybridity - Brasians (however they hold on to their own culture which could be seen
as resisting assimilation)
Ethnocentric sociologists
● Functionalists CCCS and Feminists don’t consider ethnicity
● Hebdige argued that Black culture has an influence but didn’t fully explore this
● U.S. studies are less white centred - for example there were studies of hip hop and
gangsta rap
● However these were mostly undertaken by Black sociologists
Hybridity: cultural exchange and appropriation
● Elvis Presley was accused of stealing Black culture
● Difference between cultural exchange and appropriation
