saying that economic conflict is the underlying cause of greaser-freak-prep isn't at all the same as saying greaser-freak-prep must somehow MAP ONTO bourgy-prole conflict -- nor would any (non-stupid) marxist claim this

"would have his work cut out" -- of course what's always frustrating here is that oodles of this work have been done (whether successfully or convincingly or correctly is another matter) but we only ever ENCOUNTER it by plunging deep into the weeds of some very particular little niche of avant-garde scholarship (complete with ugly self-protective jargon viz "base vs superstructure" zzz; ugly self-protective behaviour etc etc)