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Here you can find a complete list of subcultures with accompanying texts for each. This subcultures list contains more than 50 subcultures linked to proper articles. List of subcultures in alphabetic order
Music subcultures: Rock, pop and fan subcultures. If histories of youth subcultures invariably begin with the Teddy Boys, histories of rock and pop music often cast their anchor similarly in the mid 1950s.
The vampire culture is an alternative lifestyle, based on the modern perception of vampires in popular fiction. The vampire subculture has stemmed largely from the goth subculture, but also incorporates some elements of the sadomasochism subculture.
Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture (Dress, Body, Culture) The gothic culture has associated tastes in music, aesthetics, and fashion. Goth sub culture began in England during the early 80s in the gothic rock scene.
Richard “Dick” Hebdige (born 1951) is an expatriate British media theorist and sociologist most commonly associated with the study of subcultures, and its resistance against the mainstream of society. He is best known for his influential book in subcultural studies, Subculture: The Meaning of Style, originally published in 1979.
Word Cyber goth was created in 1980’s by Games Workshop for their RPG game “Dark Future”. Cyber goth subculture combines elements of industrial aesthetics with a style associated with “Gothic ravers”. Being Cyber Goth means to walk the fine line between Goth, Raver and Rivethead.
The Gopniki were young men who cultivated a tough Russian style and—by definition—hated the un-Russian Informals. Gopniks typically lived in working class towns or suburbs, belonged to territorially based youth gangs, and took an interest in body-building and combat sports.
Subcultural theory emerged from the work of the Chicago School on gangs and developed through the symbolic interactionism school into a set of theories arguing that certain groups or subcultures in society have values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence.
Alternative music generally refers to any form of music not regularly played on commercial TV and radio stations. Underground music has a wide scope also, but it is usually limited to mean noncommercial forms of rock music.
Straight edge is fundamentally about subverting the drug scene and creating an alternative, drug-free environment. Clean living is the key precursor to a positive life. Many sXers even shun caffeine and medicinal drugs, and a majority are committed vegetarians or vegans.