In many ways, this is hardly surprising, as pandilleros were inevitably situated within a wider youth culture.
This seems unlikely when one considers the role that the popular music industry plays in contemporary youth culture.
However, the relationships between rap and canzone d'autore, apart from this generic convergence in a vaguely defined oppositional youth culture, have still to be ascertained.
The new student leadership took the initiative, partly because of the popular youth culture of which they were a part.
Youth culture offers a collective identity, a reference group from which youth can develop an individual identity.
Mixes do not prescribe cultural identities from above, nor are they rebellious self-expressions of a youth culture from within.
These analyses, however, tend to be strongly focused on youth culture and transgressive, counter-cultural styles.
The festival would never be the same, nor would popular music nor would 'youth culture'.
