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By April, Ellie & Joanna
Youth Subculture
The Goth subculture is a current subculture found in many countries. It
began in England during the early 1980’s in the gothic rock scene, an
outgrowth of the Post-punk genre. The Goth subculture has survived much
longer than others of the same era, and has continued to expand. Its
imagery and cultural tastes indicate influences from the 19th century Gothic
literature along with horror films and to a lesser extent the BDSM culture.
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the
consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power
role-play. The compound acronym, BDSM, is derived from the terms
bondage and discipline.
Goth is one of the most long-lived and thriving subcultures, with followers
all around the globe.
Goths were founded between 1979 and 1984, they were originally a
Scandinavian tribe who played a very important role in the history of the
Roman Empire. The first record of Goths into the Roman Empire took place
in 238.
During the third and fourth centuries, the Goths were divided into two
distinct groups separated by the Dniester River, the Thervingi, ruled by the
Amali dynasty, and the Greuthungi, ruled by the Balti dynasty. In the late
fourth century, the Huns invaded the Gothic region from the east. While
many Goths were subdued and integrated into the Hunnic Empire, others
were pushed towards the Roman Empire, sparking the Gothic war of 375–82,
culminating in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the
end for the Roman Empire.
Quote from a youth Goth
“Goths love wearing black - whether it's black clothes or make-up
because we like to look different from other people.
The gothic culture has its roots in punk and wearing black is part of
looking dark and mysterious, I listen to Marilyn Manson, Slipknot,
Green Day, Good Charlotte and other sorts of punk metal or gothic
rock.
I like to do magic spells and to look at runes books.
I wear black lipstick and black nail vanish and I also wear black eyeliner.
I wear spiky bracelets and spiky rings and necklaces.
My advice to people who want to become a Goth is don't be too
cocky.”
From the 18th century onwards Gothic came to mean grim and sinister
often with Germanic overtones.
It was and still is a theme in popular novels as well as literature
especially those within the horror genre.
It is also a theme in fashion and culture with a certain group of
individuals, especially those in their younger years, choosing to dress in
a manner called Gothic, this is often usually associated with certain
rock groups and their fan base.
Whatever the evolutionary phases of the term Gothic it is clear that it
has retained a certain association with a manner that connotes
everything else but joy and bears a lot of historical significance as well.
How to be a Goth.
 Listen to Gothic music.
Death Rock
 Dress the part.
Black clothes, pale face, mix different elements together to be unique.
 Learn as much as you can.
Start learning facts about Goth subculture and
do some research.
 Start Reading.
Many Goths love to read a lot of Goths like sci-fi or fantasy, but don't read something you're not interested in
 Develop the attitude.
If someone is giving you trouble then just walk away and don’t be violent, be polite to normal people, don’t be
depressed about being a Goth and don’t judge others because they judge you.
 Go to clubs.
Gothic clubs are where people come to be able to freely talk and express their feelings about post-modern
society.
 Try to buy some magazines.
There are some dark themed magazines that give you lots of information that are related to Goth subculture.
 Have fun.
Goths don’t live by 'rules', they act as they wish and turn out to be Goths. Do what makes you happy
Goth culture.
It is basically indefinable, because "Goth" means different things
to each follower. Many adopt unusual fashions in order to
separate themselves from other youth. Gordon A. Crews,
associate dean of the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams
University in Bristol, CT is an investigator of what he calls the
"occult" which-- in his opinion -- includes the Goth culture. He
said: "It is up to the individual to define what Goth is for
themselves ... The mentality is, 'I want to be left alone but I want
to be seen. I want to see the shock on other peoples' faces."
Goths tend to be non-violent, pacifistic, passive, and
tolerant. Many in the media have mistakenly
associated Goth with extreme violence and hatred of
minorities, white supremacy, etc.
Many Goths write about being depressed.
Goth, as a modern movement, started as one
component of the punk rock scene. As the latter
faded, Goth survived by creating its own subculture.
Goth religion.
Religion:
Many Goths reflect popular culture and are probably nominal or
devout Christians. Atheism, Agnosticism, the New Age,
Gnosticism, Shamanism, Wicca, other Neopagan traditions, and
other minority faith groups are represented more frequently
than in the general population.
Goths often wear Christian crosses or Christian crucifixes, which
many regard as a pre-Christian religious symbol. Others wear
New Age/ancient Egyptian Ankh symbols. Some do this as
expression of their religious beliefs, some for satire, and others
because they like their appearance.
Stereotyping a Goth.
People have accused or described Goths as
being:
Depressed,
Unusually bigoted,
Violent,
Suicidal,
Involved in illegal drugs,
Vampires or believe themselves to be
vampires,
Sado-masochists,
Satanists,
Musicians, painters, and other artists,
Computer programmers (although there seem
to be a lot of them)
Wearers of black (some wear white and
gunmetal),
Dyers of their hair,
Users of white makeup.
Sociologist views on Goths.
Early studies in youth culture were mainly produced by functionalist
sociologists, and focus on youth as a single form of culture. In explaining the
development of the culture, they utilized the concept of anomie. Talcott
Parsons argued that as we move from the family and corresponding values
to another sphere with differing values, (e.g. the workplace) we would
experience an "anomie situation.’’ The generalizations involved in this
theory ignore the existence of subcultures.
Marxist theories account for some diversity, because they focus on classes
and class-fractions rather than youth as a whole. Stuart Hall and Tony
Jefferson described youth subcultures as symbolic or ritualistic attempts to
resist the power of bourgeois hegemony by consciously adopting behaviour
that appears threatening to the establishment. Conversely, Marxists of the
Frankfurt School of social studies argue that youth culture is inherently
consumerist and integral to the divide-and-rule strategy of capitalism. They
argue that it creates generation gaps and pits groups of youths against each
other (e.g. mods and rockers), especially as youth culture is the dominant
culture in the west.
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