ABSTRACT
Traditionally (male) youth sub-cultures have been associated with particular symbolic sites where sub-cultural activities and meanings are played out. Conventionally youth has been located in ‘the street’ (see McRobbie, 1990:77; Corrigan, 1993:103-5). This chapter proposes an alternative perspective considering how a sub-culture can operate from within the sphere of the home and in the absence of exterior fetishised locations. Using riot grrrl as a case study it will consider how a subculture can maintain a sense of ‘community’ when its participants do not meet in the collective space of a club or music venue, but are broadcast over a wide geographical area. This chapter will argue that sub-cultures should not be considered unified groups tied to a locality, creed or style but as dynamic, diverse, geographically mobile networks.
