![]() ![]() The surface of Goth or indeed Gothic cultural texts. Specifically, I suggest that it may be mistaken to assume all the details and explanationsĪbout the motivations, behaviours and identities of Goths can be found beneath The different ways in which we might make sense of Goth subculture. Outline key elements of the style and its history here before considering some of Of socialising with one another at events such as gigs and night clubs. He is also co-editor of Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes and Ageing and Youth Cultures. He is author of Media, Culture and Society and Goth. Music cultures – is centred for the majority of its participants upon the consumption of music and fashion, the enjoyment of a strong sense of shared identity and Paul Hodkinson is a sociologist whose work is focused upon youth cultures, online communications and on the relationships between media and cultural identities. To a music-and style-based subculture which, I argue, draws selectively uponĮlements of Gothic literature, art and film, but which – like various other youth Have concluded that the subculture embodies specific forms of cultural transgression rooted in the history of Gothic. Some attempts to understand contemporary Goth by means of textual analysis Ongoing broader tradition of Gothic literature, art and culture. Subject of some debate among academics, critics and participants themselves.įor some, the Goth scene constitutes merely the latest manifestation of the But yeah, if you're looking for a view of how it was nearly 30 years ago, this is one of the classics.The significance of the contemporary Goth music subculture has been the Let it continue to be fluid and changing. We don't want our goth subculture locked down. To this end, I and many of the now "elder" goths I knew back in 1980s Birmingham are embracing the nu-goth & witch house scenes. It was a subculture, a rebellion against stultifying forces of conformity. Goth was never a conservative thing when I was a kid. What I see now though is that it has largely stagnated since about 2000 - if there's anything "new" in goth, it gets sneered at by 20 & 30-something goths whose view of the culture is largely obtained from books like this. What it shows, and what many ignore, is that over the decades from 1979 or so when it started, Goth has changed and adapted, bringing in different styles of music and dress. I would caution folks though against putting too much store by studies of past decades in Goth though. ![]() I was in the scene from about 1986 onwards & it tallies with a lot of what I saw - indeed, I keep recognising old friends from the photographs. A lot of "Goth experts" on YouTube and similar keep recommending this so I thought it'd be a good idea to take a look. A well-researched sociological study of the goth subculture as it was in the 1990s. ![]()
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