REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE

ORIGINATING IN THE 1950S SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UNITED STATES,

GREASERS WERE AN INFROMAL SUBCULTURE OF WORKING CLASS YOUTHS WHO
REBELLED AGAINST CONFORMITY AND LOOKED REALLY COOL WHILE DOING IT.

Etymology of
Greaser (n.):
1.) The slicked back
hairstyle created us- FASHION AND APPEARANCE
ing gel and pomade. 1. SLICKED BACK HAIR
2.) Taken from the CA
Greaser Act which 2. RINGER T-SHIRT
legalized discrimination 3. AVIATOR SUNGLASSES
against Mexicans
3.) Taken from the mid- 4. LEATHER/MOTORCYCLE
19th century term for JACKET
Mexicans who greased 5. STRAIGHT LEG
carts for a living. JEANS/BLACK PANTS
NOTE: a.k.a. hoods or
hoodlums 6. CONVERSE OR
MOTORCYLCE/COWBOY/
ENGINEER BOOTS
REBELLION AGAINST
GREASER STYLE IS POPULAR TODAY!

POST WWII GREASER FILMS

GREASE, THE OUTSIDERS,
CONFORMIST CULTURE REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE,
THE WILD ONE, CRY BABIES

INFLUENCES:
JAMES DEAN, ROCK AND ROLL, ELVIS PRESLEY, MARLON BRANDO, POST WWII
LIFE