CZY NEUROMANCER LUBI WODNIKA SZUWARKA? ZINY KOMPUTEROWE I KAPITAŁ SUBKULTUROWY POLSKIEJ MŁODZIEŻY W OKRESIE TRANSFORMACJI USTROJOWEJ

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the role of “disk magazines” in the identity construction and performance of masculinity among Polish adolescents. It examines the subculture of users of popular home computers Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga during the post-communist system transition. Both written content and visual form were used by disk magazine editors to manifest their position in the peer group and perform their masculinity. This article outlines how youth actively constructed cultural forms and meanings that reflect the outside world both in terms of mass media culture and the ongoing process of post-communist transition.

Keywords

• młodzież
• transformacja ustrojowa
• subkultury
• kultura popularna
• komputery
• Polska