Culture is known to fortify integration among societies; yet subcultures seek to suppress contemporary culture. Subcultures consists of a group of people with centripetal ethics and ideals that separate them the popular culture. Subcultures incorporate facets of activist ism and fighting for rights; these waves of movements resulted in alteration throughout society. The revolt of the audience has triggered many motility of movements involving feminism and subtle genres in music. In Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A history of collective joy, suppression and revolt is illustrated in different circumstances. The first conflict deals with the “rock rebellion” which “from the beginning, the rock rebellion manifested itself as a simple refusal to sit still or respect anyone insisted that one do so”(Ehrenreich, pg.207). The second conflict deals with dance music; this subject is depicted in David Hesmondhalgh's, The …show more content…
Dance music and the “rock rebellion” had already come to be interpreted as oppositional; they both drew negative attention because of the scandalous lifestyles they portrayed. Dance music consisted of raves “'Rave' was a term used for big, often unlicensed dance events...Its dangerous reputation was sealed by a 'moral panic' in the national press about the drugs associated with the scene, especially ecstasy.”( Hesmondhalgh,pg.169) bu accepting a subculture such as dance music, the persons participating insulate themselves from popular cultures accepted in society. The rock rebellion was antithetic; “dancing aisles, jiving in their seats; and stomping, clapping, and yelling alot-... the authorities thought an audience should sit quietly and sedately”( Ehrenreich,pg.208) Rock concerts were referred to as riots to the public, it was not accustomed to, “audiences (in rock shows) took effort to exhibit a rock star