Dick Hebdige, Date of Birth

Dick Hebdige

British sociologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1951

Profession: sociologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dick Hebdige (born 1951) is an expatriate British media theorist and sociologist, and a Professor of Art and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
His work is commonly associated with the study of subcultures, and its resistance against the mainstream of society.
His current research interests include media topographies, desert studies, and performative criticism. Hebdige has written extensively on contemporary art, design, media and cultural studies, on mod style, reggae, postmodernism and style, surrealism, improvisation, and Takashi Murakami.
He has published three books: Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979), Cut’n’mix: Culture, Identity and Caribbean Music (1987), and Hiding in the Light: On images and Things (1988).
From 1974 to 2016, he published over 57 essays and articles.