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Youth subculture: what is it?
Subculture (literally subculture from Latin: sub – under, culrura – culture) is actually an unconventional search for the individual himself. Youth movements affect many social spheres: language, clothing, behavior, literature, […]
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The return of “black” subcultures, or 80s hip-hop
When everyone had become accustomed to the fact that the new movements were the work of whites, the blacks of New York’s ghettos reminded us of themselves. When everyone had […]
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90’s Grunge and Emotional Zero
Another subculture emerged in America, again, thanks to England. Feeling the crisis of punks, young people again found themselves in search of alternative self-expression. This is how the Indies movement […]
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Bikers are the pioneers of “white” subcultures
The creators of the first “white” subculture were bikers. It is noteworthy that the current flourishes to this day, unlike many other subcultures. And even preserved the main distinguishing mark […]
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Hipsters of the Forties
It would seem that hipsters appeared only a few years ago, flooding the streets with flannel checked shirts, transparent glasses without diopters, and muffins in their hands. But no, the […]
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The Broken Generation: the popular subculture of the ’50s
The image of hipsters was embodied in the trend of beatniks. However, pretty soon the adherents of this subculture moved away from strict adherence to the accepted dress code, and […]
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The Hippies of the 60s: Children of Color and Heirs to Tradition
This subculture inherited certain traits of beatism, embodying them in a reinterpreted form: a tendency to vagrancy, rejection of the mainstream, drug use, new styles of music and culture, sexual […]
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Punking the ’70s
After the vibrant youth movements of the ’40s and ’60s, there was a subcultural stagnation in America. There was a whole gap between the generations. Society’s internal problems dried up: […]