Subculture

the institution of art, so the punks seemed bent on destroying the very institution of fashion.” The Punks only wore deconstructed fashion; their clothes were usually unfinished, oversized, inside out, destroyed or detrained. Followers of the Punk subculture listened strongly to Westwood when she stated ‘sex should be something you should not hide but you should wear it on your bodies as such.’ This quote built a relationship between Westwood and the punks, encouraging many to socialise in and…

must conform and follow the set culture. A culture is shared by people within a large defined territory and encompasses various subcultures within it. A subculture typically holds values and beliefs at variance with that of the parent culture. One such subculture within the framework of the Japanese or more precisely the Harajuku culture would be the “Decora” subculture. Decora fashion, originated in Harajuku in the late 1990’s and gained recognition when acclaimed Japanese photographer, Shoichi…

B-boying is considered currently to be one of the mainstream dances of the Hip Hop genre. This intensely physical dance has a very interesting history and is a product of a subculture that was born on the streets of New York City during the early 1970s. Understanding the foundations and environment that created this dance is vital as well as its evolution into a modern dance form. B-boying and eventually B-girling can be divided into three main categories: old school, the freak and its…

The Boy Band If one was to search the definition of The Beach Boys’ what would pop up is a male swimmer or instructor at the beach. The Boys’ album such as “Surfin’” brought a summer sound to California, and it had also set a tone of the California dream. Their other songs such as “California Girls” had put a main focus point on the perfect California girl that people would fantasize of having or being. The way they had made their albums gave teens and adults hopes and dreams, but it also talk…

In 1975, Britain’s political climate relentlessly declined to conditions that were even more disastrous. David Simonelli the author of “Anarchy, Pop and Violence: Punk Rock Subculture and the Rhetoric of Class,1976-78” writes, “Many working-class teenagers had a hard time finding their first jobs because of the recession. Eight million people, 15 per cent of Britain’s population, were between ages 13 and 21. Two thirds of them…

Subculture in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Introduction to Film I decided to watch the movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.” I chose this movie because it has multiple examples of subcultures and countercultures. These examples include the military, Germans, which can be broken down to Nazis or Jews, children, and concentration camps. I also chose to watch this movie because I have seen it multiple times and each time I learn something new about the Holocaust and the way they functioned…

1.) Subculture/pg. 47-48: The values and related behaviors of a group that distinguish its members from the larger culture; a world within a world. The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is a gang formed by El Salvadorian immigrants in Los Angeles. The Gang grows in vast proportions and is gaining structure that distinguishes it from an average street gang. The group has intricate workings and mechanics that not only set it apart but allow it to function with notable force and precision. There are…

The Humorous Furries The furry fandom is the subculture I am studying. Furry fandom is a subculture that enjoys fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. These characters exhibit human intelligence and facial expressions, the ability to speak, walk on two legs, and wear clothing. The subculture includes the artists, writers, illustrators, role players, puppeteers, and fans of furries who meet and converse in groups on the internet and gather at…

Heavy metal emerged in the 60s/70s and popularly became known simply as a “heavier” type of rock. At this time its audience was a relatively small, dedicated and homogenous subculture. However, the theatricality, noise and subversive themes that defined metal soon gained worldwide attention due to the genre’s divergence from the type of music popular at the time. Heavy metal was provocative in its very nature, and thus incited strong reactions from its listeners, whether positive or negative…

Over the last couple centuries there have been many tales of the creatures of the night. Two of the most famous are Vampires and Werewolves. In the stories told of them they are almost always natural enemies. Fighting to the death over who knows what. Money? Power? Kristen Stewart? They’re alike in a lot of ways, but also different. Werewolves were thought to have originated in Europe, but a lot of the original stories came from Native Americans. The origination of vampirism did however…