The Punk Subculture in Britain as an Opposition to Social and Cultural Conditions of the 1970s

The thesis focuses on the main features of the punk subculture – a special emphasis is given on the music, style and attitudes characteristic of its members. Through analyzing the elements defining punk, the thesis tries to demonstrate how highly original, unconventional and provocative this subculture was. Its main aim is to prove that the punk subculture sprang up as a response to the economic and social situation of Great Britain in the 1970s, analogously to the punk rock’s protesting against the condition of British music industry and the musical production at that time.