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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2007) It has been suggested that List of subcultures be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. If a particular subculture is characterized by a systematic opposition to the dominant culture, it may be described as a counterculture. As Ken Gelder notes, subcultures are social, with their own shared conventions, values and rituals, but they can also seem 'immersed' or self-absorbed - another feature that distinguishes them from countercultures. He identifies six key ways in which subcultures can be understood: 1. through their often negative relations to work (as 'idle', 'parasitic', at play or at leisure, etc.); 2. through their negative or ambivalent relation to class (since subcultures are not 'class-conscious' and don't conform to traditional class definitions); 3. through their association with territory (the 'street', the 'hood, the club, etc.), rather than property; 4. through their movement out of the home and into non-domestic forms of belonging (i.e. social groups other than the family); 5. through their stylistic ties to excess and exaggeration (with some exceptions); 6. through their refusal of the banalities of ordinary life and massification.[1] As early as 1950, David Riesman distinguished between a majority, "which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings, and a 'subculture' which actively sought a minority style...and interpreted it in accordance with subversive values".[2] Sarah Thornton, drawing on Pierre Bourdieu, has described 'subcultural capital' as the cultural knowledge and commodities acquired by members of a subculture, raising their status and helping differentiate themselves from members of other groups.[3] In his book Subculture the Meaning of Style(1979), Dick Hebdige argues that a subculture is a subversion to normalcy. Subcultures can be perceived as negative due to their nature of criticism to the dominant societal standard. In essence, subcultures bring together like-minded individuals who feel neglected by societal standards and allow them to develop a sense of identity. Contents

1 Identifying subcultures 2 Subcultures' relationships with mainstream culture 3 Punk subculture 4 Urban tribes 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

Identifying subcultures

Subcultures can be distinctive because of the age, race, ethnicity, class, location, and/or gender of the members. The qualities that determine a subculture as distinct may be linguistic, aesthetic, religious, political, sexual, geographical, or a combination of factors. Members of a subculture often signal their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style, which includes fashions, mannerisms, and argot.[4] They also live out particular relations to places: Ken Gelder talks about 'subcultural geographies' along these lines. The study of subcultures often consists of the study of symbolism attached to clothing, music and other visible affectations by members of subcultures, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture. Subcultures have been chronicled by others for a long time, documented, analysed, classified, rationalised, monitored, scrutinised. In some cases - think of homeless subcultures or criminal gangs or skateboarders - subcultures have been legislated against, their activities regulated or curtailed. But subcultures also talk about themselves, constantly. It is helpful to think about subcultural narratives, told either by subcultures or about them by others. Subcultural narratives - whether one approves or disapproves, what one assumes about a subculture, the tone of one's engagement with a subculture - are a matter of position-taking. There are no neutral accounts of subcultures. Subcultures' relationships with mainstream culture This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (October 2007) It may be difficult to identify certain subcultures because their style (particularly clothing and music) may be adopted by mass culture for commercial purposes. Businesses often seek to capitalize on the subversive allure of subcultures in search of cool, which remains valuable in the selling of any product. This process of cultural appropriation may often result in the death or evolution of the subculture, as its members adopt new styles that appear alien to mainstream society. This process provides a constant stream of styles which may be commercially adopted. Music-based subcultures are particularly vulnerable to this process, and so what may be considered a subculture at one stage in its history such as jazz, goth, punk, hip hop and rave cultures may represent mainstream taste within a short period of time. Some subcultures reject or modify the importance of style, stressing membership through the adoption of an ideology which may be much more resistant to commercial exploitation. Punk subculture The punk subculture's distinctive (and initially shocking) style of clothing was adopted by mass-market fashion companies once the subculture became a media interest. According to Dick Hebdige, subcultural styles are distinguished from mainstream styles by being intentionally fabricated. [citation needed] He argues that the punk subculture shares the same "radical aesthetic practices" as Dada and surrealism: Like Duchamp's 'ready mades' - manufactured objects which qualified as art because he chose to call them such, the most unremarkable and inappropriate items - a pin, a plastic clothes peg, a television component, a razor blade, a tampon could be brought within the province of punk (un)fashion...Objects borrowed from the

most sordid of contexts found a place in punks' ensembles; lavatory chains were draped in graceful arcs across chests in plastic bin liners. Safety pins were taken out of their domestic 'utility' context and worn as gruesome ornaments through the cheek, ear or lip...fragments of school uniform (white bri-nylon shirts, school ties) were symbolically defiled (the shirts covered in graffiti, or fake blood; the ties left undone) and juxtaposed against leather drains or shocking pink mohair tops. [5] Urban tribes In 1985, French sociologist Michel Maffesoli coined the term urban tribe, and it gained widespread use after the publication of his Le temps des tribus: le dclin de l'individualisme dans les socits postmodernes (1988).[6] Eight years later, this book was published in the United Kingdom as The Time of the Tribes: The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society.[7] According to Maffesoli, urban tribes are microgroups of people who share common interests in metropolitan areas. The members of these relatively small groups tend to have similar worldviews, dress styles and behavioral patterns. Their social interactions are largely informal and emotionally-laden, different than late capitalism's corporate-bourgeoisie cultures, based on dispassionate logic. Maffesoli claims that punks are a typical example of an "urban tribe" [8]. Five years after the first English translation of Le temps des tribus, writer Ethan Watters claims to have coined the same neologism in a New York Times Magazine article. This was later expanded upon the idea in his book Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment . According Watters, urban tribes are groups of never-married's between the ages of 25 and 45 who gather in common-interest groups and enjoy an urban lifestyle, which offers an alternative to traditional family structures[9]. Footnotes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Gelder 2007 Middleton 1990 Thornton 1995 Hebdige 1981 Dick Hebdige p.106-12 ^ Frehse, Fraya (2006). "As realidades que as "tribos urbanas" criam". Revista Brasileira de Cincias Sociais. Retrieved on 2008-02-08. Arquived at SciELO - Scientific electronic library online 7. ^ Maffesoli, Michel. "The Time of the Tribes: The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-08. 8. ^ Maffesoli 1996 9. ^ Watters 2003 References

Cante, Richard C. (March 2009). Gay Men and the Forms of Contemporary US Culture. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0 7546 7230 1. Gelder, Ken (2007). Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice (Routledge, March 2007; softcover ISBN 0-415-37952-0) Hebdige, Dick (1979). Subculture: The Meaning of Style (Routledge, March 10, 1981; softcover ISBN 0-415-03949-5). Cited in Negus, Keith (1996). Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction . Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 08195-6310-2.

Huq, Rupa (2006) 'Beyond subculture' (Routledge, 2006; softcover ISBN 0415-27815-5. Hardcover ISBN 0-415-27814-7) Maffesoli, Michel (1996). The Time of the Tribes: The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society. (London: Sage Publications. ISBN-10: 080398474X) McKay, George (1996) Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance since the Sixties. (London: Verso. ISBN 1-85984-028-0.) McKay, George (2005) Circular Breathing: The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain. Durham NC: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3573-5. Riesman, David (1950). "Listening to popular music", American Quarterly, 2, p.359-71. Cited in Middleton, Richard (1990/2002). Studying Popular Music, p.155. Philadelphia: Open University Press. ISBN 0-335-15275-9. Thornton, Sarah (1995). Club Cultures: Music, Media, and Subcultural Capital. Cambridge: Polity Press. Cited in Negus, Keith (1996). Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6310-2. Watters, Ethan (2003). Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment. ISBN 1-58234-264-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Subcultures Category:Subcultures From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In sociology, a subculture is a set of people with distinct behavior and beliefs within a larger culture. A subculture - unlike a culture - will generally represent some kind of lifestyle choice, therefore most subcultures are in some way counterculture, underground culture or alternative culture. The main article for this category is Subcultures. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Subcultures Subcategories This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total. A

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Japanese_subcultures http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/urban-indian-subcultures-what-is-a-subculture/ Urban Indian Subcultures: What is a Subculture? Welcome to Gauravonomics! Subscribe to my RSS feed in a feed reader or by email and you'll never miss my posts on marketing, technology and social media. I have received some interesting responses to my query are there any subcultures in urban India that go beyond religion, caste, class and language? But even before I try answer that question, I need to answer another: what is a subculture? Lets start with culture first. Culture is the way of life for an entire society, the sum total of the lifestyles of its individual members. To understand a societys culture, you need to understand how its members form their identities from the things they own, the experiences they have, the relationships they share, and the meaning they create (through literature, art and music). Every society has a mainstream culture, several subcultures and/ or underground cultures, and, rarely, even a counterculture. The mainstream culture is the sum of high culture that is valued by the society (classical music/ traditional dance) and popular culture (blockbuster movies/ prime time soaps) that is liked by most of the members in the society.

A group of people belong to a subculture when their culture is different from the mainstream culture of the society they live in. The members of the subculture may be distinctive in terms of demographics (age, race, ethnicity, class, location, and/or gender) and often signal their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style (fashions, mannerisms, and argot) and taste (music, books, movies). Subcultures often, but not always, start as urban youth sub-cultures. A subculture may be considered alternative or underground depending on how opposed it is to the mainstream culture (ex. rave culture). An alternative culture that achieves critical mass and persists for a period of time may be called a counterculture (ex. beatniks or hippies). So, the starting point to study the subcultures in a society is to study its mainstream culture. In the next post in this series, then, Ill try to answer another difficult question: what is (the mainstream) Indian culture? If you want more, here are some links you should check out on Wikipedia Culture, Lifestyle, Mainstream, Popular Culture, High Culture, Subculture, Western Subcultures, List of Subcultures, Youth Subculture, Urban Culture, Underground Culture, Alternative Culture, Counterculture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures A

Anarcho-punk Bachelor [1] Band geek BDSM Beat Generation,[2] see Beatnik Biker, see also Motorcycle clubs Bills Bohemianism Bodybuilding[3] Bszoku[4] Casuals Cosplayers Cyber (subculture) Dark Culture Deaf culture Demoscene Emo[5] Fandom[6] Fetish subculture, see Omorashi Freak scene Furry Goth subculture

Greaser (subculture)[7] Grebo[citation needed] Grungies Glam metal/Glitter rock [8] Hacker, see Hacker (free and open source software) and Hacker (computer security) Hardline (subculture) Hip hop culture, see also B-boy, Graffiti artists Hippie/Hippy[9] Hipster, see Hipster (1940s subculture) and Hipster (contemporary subculture) Juggling[10] Juggalos Junglist Leather subculture LGBT culture, see Bears (Gay) Mod (lifestyle),[11] see Mod revival Metalheads, members of the Heavy Metal subculture[12][13] National Socialist black metal Nazi punk, part of punk subculture New Age Nudism / Naturism, also known as "nude culture" [14] Otaku Otherkin, see also Vampire lifestyle and Therianthropy Pachuco Punk subculture[15] Queer culture Raggare Rave Riot Grrrl Rockabilly[16] Rocker (subculture)[17] Role-playing gamers[18][19] Rude boy[20][21][16] Scooterboy[22] Skater Skinhead;[23] See also: Gay skinhead,[23] Redskin (subculture), Trojan skinhead, White power skinhead & Suedehead[24] Straight edge Swing Kids Swinging [25]

Teenybopper[26][27] Teddy Boy[28] Trekkie[29][30]

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Zazou See also History of Western Subcultures in the 20th Century Lifestyle Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures Youth subculture References 1. Howard P. Chudacoff (2000). in Princeton University Press: The Age of the Bachelor. ISBN 0691070555, 9780691070551. Pages: [0691070555, 9780691070551 5-7], 12-20, 29, 35, 43-44, 125, several other pages 2. ^ Ken Gelder pages 295. Chapter 27 "Posing... threats, striking... poses. Youth, surveillance and display (1983)" by Dick Hebdige 3. ^ Sources for Bodybuilding: o Alan M. Klein (1993). in SUNY Press: Little Big Men: Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction . ISBN 0791415597, 9780791415597. o KOERT W. (1988). "Tales of lies. The bodybuilder's body between reality and fantasy". Amsterdams sociologisch tijdschrift 25 (2): 276294, 324. ISSN 0921-4933. o Andrew Yiannakis, Merrill J. Melnick (2001). in Human Kinetics: Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport , 413-425. ISBN 0736037101, 9780736037105. 4. ^ Joachim Kersten (2003). "Street Youths, Bosozoku, and Yakuza: Subculture Formation and Societal Reactions in Japan". Crime & Delinquency 39 (3): 277-295. doi:10.1177/0011128793039003002. 5. ^ Sources for emo subculture: o Shirley R. Steinberg, Priya Parmar, Birgit Richard (2006). in Greenwood Press: Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia. ISBN 0313337292. Retrieved on 2008-08-20. o Lydia Scott, Anna Chur-Hansen (2008-06-02). " The mental health literacy of rural adolescents: Emo subculture and SMS texting". Australasian Psychiatry. doi:10.1080/10398560802027328. o Michele Kirsch (2008-07-06). "Emotionally challenged", The Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-20. o Chris Hawley (2008-04-18). "Subculture clash among Mexico youth", USA Today. Retrieved on 2008-08-20. 6. ^ Harris, Cheryl; Alexander, Alison (1998). in Hampton Press: Theorizing fandom : fans, subculture and identity. ISBN 1572731141 157273115X 157273115X (pbk.) 157273115X. 7. ^ Ken Gelder pages 91, from chapter "Subcultural conflict" by Phil Cohen 8. ^ Sources for glam: o Jon Stratton (June 2006). "Why Doesn't Anyone Write about Glam Rock". Australian Journal of Cultural Studies 4 (1). o Gina Marchetti (December 1998). "Fringe cultures". Jump Cut (42). o Peter Childs, Mike Storry (1999). in Taylor & Francis: Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture, 229. ISBN 0415147263, 9780415147262.

Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Michael Bibby (2007). in Duke University Press: Goth. ISBN 0822339218, 9780822339212. Pages: 6, 19-20, 34-35, 66, 78, 92, 259, Ken Gelder 9. ^ pages: o 23 chapter "Introduction to part one, by Ken Gelder o 91 from chapter "Subcultural conflict" by Phil Cohen o 106, 110-111 from chapter "Girls and subcultures (1977)" by Angela McRobbie and Jenny Garber; o 127 from chapter "The meaning of style" by Dick Hebdige o 136-137 from chapter "Second-hand dresses and the role of the ragmarket (1989)" by Angela McRobbie o 304 from chapter "Black hair/style politics" by Kobena Mercer 10. ^ Billy Baker (2007-03-05). "Up for the count, Jugglers may pop out on streets this spring, but the real action is in a thriving Hub subculture", The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2008-08-04. 11. ^ Ken Gelder pages: o 84, 91, from chapter "Subcultural conflict" by Phil Cohen; o 94, 101, from chapter "Cultures, subcultures and class", by John Clarke et al. 12. ^ Jeffrey Arnett (December 1993). " Three profiles of heavy metal fans: A taste for sensation and a subculture of alienation". Qualitative Sociology: 423-443. doi:10.1007/BF00989973. ISSN 1573-7837. 13. ^ Jonathon S. Epstein (1998). in Blackwell Publishing: Youth Culture: Identity in a Postmodern World, viii, 13, 265. ISBN 1557868514. 14. ^ Sources for nudism: o Karl Eric Toepfer (1997). in University of California Press: Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935 , 31. ISBN 0520206630, 9780520206632. o Edwin B. Steen, James H. Price (1988). in Courier Dover Publications: Human Sex and Sexuality: Second Revised and Enlarged Edition . ISBN 0486255441, 9780486255446. Pages: 179 194-196 Ken Gelder 15. ^ pages: o 84 from chapter "Introduction to part two" by Ken Gelder o 121-124, 127-128 from chapter 10 "The meaning of style" by Dick Hebdige o 138 from chapter "Second-hand dresses and the role of the ragmarket (1989)" by Angela McRobbie a b 16. ^ David Muggleton (2002). in Berg Publishers: Inside Subculture: The Postmodern Meaning of Style, 721,728. ISBN 1859733522, 9781859733523. 17. ^ Ken Gelder pages: o 94, 109-110 from chapter "Girls and subcultures (1977)" by Angela McRobbie and Jenny Garber o 295 from chapter 27 "Posing... threats, striking... poses. Youth, surveillance and display (1983)" by Dick Hebdige 18. ^ Gary Alan Fine (1983). in University of Chicago Press: Shared Fantasy, 2538,236-???. ISBN 0226249441, 9780226249445. 19. ^ Stanley W. Beeler, Stan Beeler, Lisa Dickson (2006). in I.B.Tauris: Reading Stargate SG-1. ISBN 1845111834, 9781845111830. 20. ^ Jonathon S. Epstein (1998). in Blackwell Publishing: Youth Culture. ISBN 1557868514, 9781557868510. 21. ^ Ken Gelder pages 103 from chapter "Cultures, subcultures and class", by John Clarke et al. (rudies = rude boys)
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22. ^ Ken Gelder pages: o 90, from chapter "Subcultural conflict" by Phil Cohen o 131 from chapter 10 "The meaning of style" by Dick Hebdige a b Ken Gelder 23. ^ pages: o 294, from chapter 27 "Posing... threats, striking... poses. Youth, surveillance and display (1983)" by Dick Hebdige o 339, from chapter "Tattoo enthusiasts. Subculture or figuration? (2003)" by Michael Atkinson o 370-381, from chapter "Real men, phallicism and fascism (1996)" by Murray Healy o 471, chapter "Communities and scenes in popular music (1991)" by Will Straw 24. ^ "The Skinheads", Time (1970-06-08). Retrieved on 2008-09-27. 25. ^ Sources for swinging: o Mary Lindenstein Walshok (April 1971). " The Emergence of MiddleClass Deviant Subcultures: The Case of Swingers". Social Problems 18 (4): 488-495. doi:10.1525/sp.1971.18.4.03a00060. o Marilyn Coleman, Lawrence H. Ganong, Kelly Warzinik (2007). in Greenwood Publishing Group: Family Life in 20th-Century America, 276-278. ISBN 0313333564, 9780313333569. 26. ^ Ken Gelder pages: o 84 from chapter "Introduction to part two" by Ken Gelder o 111-112 from chapter "Girls and subcultures (1977)" by Angela McRobbie and Jenny Garber 27. ^ Mike Brake (1980). in Routledge: The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Subcultures, 143. ISBN 0710003641. 28. ^ Ken Gelder pages: o 98, 101, 102 from chapter "Cultures, subcultures and class", by John Clarke et al. o 105, 107 from chapter "Girls and subcultures (1977)" by Angela McRobbie and Jenny Garber o 126 from chapter 10 "The meaning of style" by Dick Hebdige o 161-162 from chapter "Symbols of trouble" by Stanley Cohen o 273 from chapter "Introduction to part five" by Ken Gelder o 284-287 from chapter "Fashion and revolt (1963)" by T.R.Fyvel o 309 from chapter "Black hair/style politics" by Kobena Mercer o 367, 372 from chapter "Real men, phallicism and fascism (1996)" by Murray Healy 29. ^ Chamberlain, Daniel Luke; Alexander, Malcolm Laurence (2005). "Personal networks and the social world of ordinary Star Trek fans: Method and first results". TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings . The Sociological Association of Australia. "The fans of the science fiction franchise, Star Trek, are known as 'Trekkies' and are the only fan subculture to have an entry in the OED." 30. ^ David Bell (the specific chapter is authored by William Gibson) (2001). "Cybersubcultures", in Routledge: An Introduction to Cybercultures, 167-169 isbn = 0415246598, 9780415246590. http://www.society-dir.com/subcultures/p__26.html http://www.dirjournal.com/society/subcultures/ Subcultures

Submit Site Take a moment and experience the superior quality of Subcultures resources that make up the DirJournal.com Web Directory. All of the links and websites relating to Subcultures have been designed to meet the highest standards and thus only the more relevant and authoritative information pertaining to Subcultures and related niches appear listed in this subcategory. Whatever your Subcultures related need, the websites listed on DirJournal.com Web Directory will far surpass your expectations. Add URL to Subcultures web directory. Browse Categories Anti Social (0) Bikers (0) Burning Man (0) Cyberculture (0) Directories (0) Gamers (0) Geeks and Nerds (0) Gothic (0) Hip-Hop (0) Hippie (0) Industrial (0) Lounge Culture (0) http://www.chiff.com/society/subcultures.htm In the 20th century, beatniks were the counterculture movement that grew into the hippie generation, soon giving rise to an even angrier rebellion of punks out of which grew a subset of more introspective goths today considered a completelly separate subculture with their own music and dress code. Hip hop later arose in the ghettos of the Bronx, with inclusion in the world of rap, graffiti artists and break-dancing. Later, the young and disenfranchised everywhere (from London to Paris to the Mideast) saw the movement as a chance to exhibit their creativity and talent on neighborhood streets worldwide. On the darker side, crushing poverty and a lack of education gave rise to street gangs, bike gangs, skinheads and other criminal behavior by teens and young adults with nothing else to lose. Today, even affluent, aging baby boomers may be attracted to a particular subculture outside the mainstream such as biking clubs, New Age religions, or nudist communities as a way to explore a lifelong interest and find acceptance and belonging. Around the Web, discover a range of lifestyles where people feel comfortable expressing views on recreation, music, nutrition, politics and religion that are just left or way out of the mainstream ... Modernist (0) Nudists (0) Pagan (0) Polyamory (0) Punk (0) Rave (0) Science Fiction Fans (0) Skateboarders (0) Skinhead (0) Spotters (0) Straight Edge (0) Urban Primitive (0)

More about subcultures around the Web: Subculture - Wikipedia - The grand overview from the online encyclopedia with references and hyperlinks to more on lifestyles, counterculture, and related history. Know Gangs - The latest news with street gang profiles, related history, photos, video, online forum, resources and free newsletter. Skinheads.net - Billing itself as "largest non-racist & non-political skinhead community on the Net" with busy forums on topics including politics, sports, tattoos, clothing & music plus visitor-submitted photos & video. Davey D's History of Hip Hop 101 Directory - Comprehensive look at hip hop cultures's origins with more on graffitti, rap, dj's, emcees and related interviews. Skateboard Culture - A directory of sites leading to more information on related online communities, magazines, skateboard science and how skateboarding relates to urban space. Hi-Tech Redneck - A tribute to redneck culture & humor, featuring photos, stories & jokes, and the best of "You Know You're a Redneck If ..." Geek Culture - Humorous spoof on the computer nerd lifestyle. Bikers USA - Biker resources worldwide. How to Become a Vegan - eHow guide to vegan culture and diet, with tips & health warnings, related resources on vegetarianism. The Naturist Society - One-stop browsing for information on nude beaches, naturist communities & resorts worldwide with a detailed FAQ, related resources. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sub%20Cultures Sub Cultures Hello, today I am going to explain the many sub cultures in and around the UK. A sub culture is defined by what style a person is usually forced to be as a teenager. In the UK there are two main sub cultures these are: A rock music based influenced culture A Inner city based culture At present in 2006 the most common term for these two cultures is 'Chav' (a inner city culture) and 'Emo' (a rock music culture). But these two sub cultures can be catorgorized further. For the rock music culture the following sub sub cultures can be catorgorized: Grunger - Would usually wear Vans or converse shoes, denim jeans (dark blue) and a black hoodie with a band logo written on it. Enjoy old-fashioned metal music such as Nirvana and Him. See Grunger for more detail. Emo - This is a relatively new culture. It was originally based on self harming and depression. Emo is short for emotional rocker which describes the style of music. The music is described as Quote: 'Punk music on estrogen'. Clothing is often black with converses. See emo for more detail.

Skater - Fashion style can vary depending how grunger or indie influened they are. But it must be said that Skaters always wear skate shoes (most commonly Vans). Oh yeah, free time will always be spend skating. Indie - I'll begin with music. In the 60's it was all about the Beatles, 70's Rolling stones, 80's the Clash, 90's Ash and 00's Feeder. Indie can also be described as punk. Indie is one of the few rock music influenced sub cultures that are not american influenced (union jack all the way!). Most commonly found at british festivals. Hard to describe fashion. See Indie Goth - Dark, dark, dark, version of emo but without the depression. Music includes evanesance. Fashion is dark and pircings is common. To conclude rock music influenced cultures, (without being biased) in my opinion indie is the most respected because it is never on a 'war' with another sub culture. Inner city cultures are some of the least resepected in the UK. These cultures start in poor destricts of major cities such as London or New York. Teenagers who fall into these catorgories are often poor and get bored so they turn to crime and antisocial behavior and underage sex. Chav's - Where do I begin? Up until 2004 this select group used to be called Townies or Rude Boys (rudies for short]. In 2004 this group had there name changed to Chav's (I belive this stands for Council Housed And Violent - which is a good description). I could go on about Chav's or townies for years, see Chav. Yanks - Firstly I apologise is some people find this offensive. The american version of chav. But some how this culture migrated to the UK. This is all about gangs, guns, drugs, knives, rappers and black men trying to be harder than other men. In the UK this is a serious problem. This culture is a threat to society because they shoot, stab and drug people up so they earn 'respect' from their peers. I do realise though that many people who enjoy rap music and hip hop are not a threat to society - this is a sterotype. Inner city cultures have a very unisex clothing style and listen to 'black music' i.e hiphop, garage, rap and R'n'B. To conclude on Sub Cultures I would like to conclude that whilst writing this I tried to put fact and not opinion. I also tried not to be biased. Whatever culture you decide is best for you as a 10 year old. Find a good one that you can enjoy for life (thats emo ruled out then hahaha). For me personally I have always been rock music influended and constanly asked where I belong in the world. Thank you for taking the time to read my description. In 2002, when I was 11, I remember a famous occasion when I was asked: "Are you a Grunger or a rude boy?". I said: "I don't know" He said: "What make are your shoes?" I said: "Addidas" He said: "That makes you a rude boy" I Said: "Thats nice to know"

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