Youth’s movements
in Russia and abroad
WHAT IS A SUBCULTURE
 A subculture is a group of people within a complex culture who
have interests that are different from those of the mainstream
culture.
 I think that a subculture is a group with a distinct style and
identity. Different subcultures have their own beliefs, value
systems, fashion, and favorite music.
 Subculture gives teenagers an opportunity to find those who will
spend time with them having fun and doing nothing except
talking and sharing their thoughts and feelings.
 Subculture is formed on the base of music, art or
cinematographic adoration but creation of new masterpieces
takes the second place and the first place is occupied by
exploitative aims.
 Teenagers unite in groups, they create their own rules, policy
and, of course, they have the main idea that serves as base for
the whole movement.
 Subculture it is when teenagers opposes himself to society, the
young people express their identity and take their beliefs to
extremes.
GOTHS
 Goths appreciate everything, connected with love and death.
Their point of view on life can be called as «depressive
romantism». They find loneliness, passionate love with a
tragic end beautiful and fascinating.
 Usually members of this subculture dye their hair and nails
in black . They have slim bodies, and a fantastic make-up.
Sometimes Goths pierce their lips, noses or eyebrows. The
main idea of their style is to look like vampires, witches or
black magicians.
 Actually, Goths like different kinds of music. But they prefer
listening to black metal, gothic rock, or classical music.
They enjoy different operas, musicals and songs, played by
orchestras. Music can be aggressive or soft and melancholy
– it doesn't matter. but it must be eloquent and full of deep
sense. Lyrics are very important for them.
PUNKS
 Punk is actually quite hard to define, but to give some
understanding, it could be said that, it is a culture, a way of
life, and more importantly a mind set that entails doing what
makes you a happy unique individual, with no concern of
what others think of you.
 They are opposed to the values, norms and materialism in
the society.
 Punks are easy to identify among other movements because
of their hair-do. The typical hair-do for punk is Mohawk. First
Mohawks were combat hair-do of the Iroquois Indians tribe
and were used for frightening enemies.
 As for style of dress of punks there's only one main demand to protest fashion. In two words the main trend of punk style
is discrepancy and tastelessness.
 They prefer loud and violent music, lyrics which frequently
contain oppositional themes 9 anti- romantic love songs, antiparents, anti- police, etc.
Hippies
 Hippies just like bikers take "freedom" as the main idea of
their movement. Hippy protests against governmental
system, they believe that they fight against it with system's
own weapon. They also neglect all social rules as they
consider these rules to be a cell for people.
 Rock'n'roll united a great number of youth and hippies were
among them.
 The culmination of rock'n'roll fame concured with LSD nonmedical usage, it's become accessible almost for everyone,
so hippy took it for another way of beauty delighting.
 They have very long hair, often with flowers in it. They used
to wear flared trousers or long skirts and sometimes went
barefoot.
Emo
 It derived from the English word “Emotion”. A person who
can express himself or herself freely. Expression of emotion
is a main rule of Emos. They can be sad or happy. They are
sensitive and they can be easily depressed.
 They are thin, tall, with pale faces, black haired, hair should
be straight a fringe closing one eye. A black eye-liner makeup back nail polish.
 Favourite colours are black and pink. Tight jeans with holes
and patches. Skin tight T-shirts. Rubber soled sports boots.
Piersed ears, nose, tongue.
 Scream is a keyword of Emos favourite music. Wispering and
crying are often heard in their song. Texts are about unhappy
love, unjustice the world< which is full of violence and
agression
Skinheads
 Skinhead – literally skin head, other words bald-headed. This is a
kind of youth subculture that was formed in London in 1969 and
later gets wide subdivision.
 Clothing style of skinheads is: camouflage trousers, boots and Tshirts. Nowadays' skinheads wear blue jeans tucked to big black
boots (or rolled up), braces and Norfolk jackets.
 According to music they prefer skinheads may be divided into
two groups Trojan-skinheads and oi-skinheads. Trojan-skinheads
prefer listen to reggae, ska and rock-steady. Oi-skinheads prefer
street-punk.
 For example if you meet white-laced-shoed skinhead be sure that
this guy have already killed someone, as skinheads of our age
have a very few in common with first antiracism skinheads.
Brown laces are a sign of neo-Nazi skinhead.
IDENTITIES
1.Skinheads
2.Goths
3.Punks
4.Hippies
5.EMO
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WHAT'S YOUR IDEA OF AN IDEAL
YOUTH SUBCULTURE
 Revise all characteristics of different youth groups and
organizations.
 Choose positive characteristics from your point of view and
combine them to design an ideal youth group.
 Give reasons.
Neutral: well, you see, the reason was that..., let me explain...,
you see, but the point is... .
Informal: well, the thing is..., it's like this, you see.
Formal: the main reason is that..., if I could explain.
Saying you approve:
...is quite /absolutely right, ...seems /sounds just right, ...is just
what I had in mind, I'm all for such opinions.
Saying you don't approve:
I don't think... is very good, it is wrong to think that..., it isn't
right to..., I can't approve of..., ...is all wrong.