СТИЛЬ ЖИЗНИ В РОК-КУЛЬТУРЕ

Abstract

The concept of Life style is Important category of modern cultural antropology. Among many styles of modern Russian culture we can highlight the life style that is characteristic of rock-culture. Methodology of the research is founded on the participant observation and participant narrative inreview. As a result of the research we can name features of this life style. The structure elements of the rock-life style are the degree of unity of style, attitude to deviations, appearance, border between private and public spheres, free time, kind and focus of communications, the main values. The main feature of rock-life style is its unstructured and inseparability from other styles, tolerance towards. One from specific expression of the rock-life style is tendency to deviant practices. The chief among them is drinking. Subjects of rock-culture often make only declarations of such position, but not everybody realise it in practice. Rock-musicians associate drinking with the transition from one role to another. Tendency to deviations entails relativism in appearance. Appearance symbols become irrelevant. Democracy remains the only requirement for appearance. The relativism in external forms of expression entails enternal ambivalence. Disregard for borders between public and private spheres or work amd free time is formed. The main instrument of this process is radical creative attitude to reality. The creation becomes ethical imperative of rock-culture. This fact entails constructive content of free time and the rejection from dysfunctional practices and dysfunctional communications. Ultimatly, disregard for external symbols, ante-fashion strategies, filling free time with creative activity, versatile communications, permanent carnival of everyday life, routinization of holiday, deviant practices, radical creative attitude to reality form concept that is dominant of the life style in the rock-culture. This is the value of freedom with its derived practices. We talk about different dimensions of freedom. This is freedom of expression, freedom of creativity, freedom from dysfunctional conditions and srereotypes in ethics and morals. Besides it, we can talk about individualization. This feature is the method transformation of the system of social stratification. Rock-musicians and representatives of their circle are boycotting «normal» system of social relations. They create their own society where the main criterias of social stetus become creative potential and charisma.