Subcultures structure reading positions between dominant code and individual readings

Evidence

Umberto Eco has recently pointed to another, intermediary, level of structuration, between competence in the dominant code and “aberrant” individual readings: that level provided by subcultural formations. But, since subcultures are, by definition, differentiated articulations within a culture, it is more useful to specify this mediation within a somewhat different framework. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 806

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• XREF: Previews Hall’s later engagement with subculture theory (Resistance Through Rituals) — a key thread in his intellectual trajectory.