The Structural- Functional Analysis of Dead Heads For the video of dead heads, the best approach seemed to be the structural functional analysis. The different cultural norms shown in this video can be explained best through the structural functional approach. Before expanding on that, dead hands are seen as deviants, there are several reasons for that. The way the dead heads enjoyed expressing their freedom, is one of the ways in which they violated some of the cultural norms. They did many things to express their freedom, including using drugs and in the parking lot, they change their outfit. Moreover, they brought their own furniture to the concert camping. Finally, they all shared the concept of disliking authority figures, instead,