Examples of subcultures.

Musical subcultures.

One of the brightest and most well-known subcultural communities youth movements are associated with certain genres of music. The image of musical subcultures formed largely in imitation of the scenic image in the popular subculture of artists. One of the first music of our youth subcultures were a hippie, a youth movement of pacifists and rock fans. Much of their image (in particular, the fashion for long hair) and the world migrated to other subcultures. Associated with the hippie subculture beatniks. In Jamaica, there was religious and musical movement Rastafari (Rastaman), which, in addition to music, reggae and a specific image, has a certain ideology. In particular, the belief among rastamanov - pacifism and the legalization of marijuana.In the 1970s and 80s after the new genres of rock music formed metal and punk. The first cultivated personal freedom and independence. The latter had a distinct political position: the motto of punk rock has always been an idealized anarchy. With the advent of goth-rock in the 1980s came the Gothic subculture. Characteristic of its features - gloom, the cult of melancholy aesthetics of gothic horror films and novels. In New York, thanks to immigrants from Jamaica, there was a hip-hop culture with their music, image and lifestyle.In the 90 years of strong youth subcultures have become emo kidy and cyberpunks. E mo subculture is one of the young (the majority of its members children), it promotes a sense of vivid and demonstrative behavior. Kibera, as an offshoot of industrial rock, passionate ideas imminent man-made apocalypse and the dominance of technocracy.

Art subculture.

Most youth subcultures are not associated with music genres derived from certain hobbies or enjoy an art form. For example originated in the mid-20th century role-based movement. In our country, with role-bound traffic Igrotehnicheskoe society. Passion for the Japanese anime fandom has created an animation which eventually evolved into a subculture of otaku. It is characterized by enthusiasm for Japanese pop music and cosplay. Also recently there was such a thing as a furry, passion antropozoomorfnymi characters animation and art design antropozoomorfnyh characters.

The Internet community and Internet culture.

Since the mid 90s of the 20th century, the spread of Internet technology everywhere, began to grow appear online subculture. The earliest we can assume Fido community. Often referred to as hacking subculture.

Industrial and athletic subculture.

In the early 20th-century romanticizing of urban life and the inability of young people live outside the city there are industrial (urban) subculture. Part of the industrial subculture emerged from industrial music fans, but the greatest influence on these subcultures have computer games (for example, Fallout).By sporting subcultures include parkour, as well as football fans.

Counterculture.

The oldest is the counterculture of the underworld. Her appearance was due to a natural separation of those who violate the law (links to remote places of imprisonment, "gatherings") from the main crop. This resulted in a very tough subculture hierarchically staircase and its laws. In different countries, this subculture has its own idiosyncrasies. In Russia, after the 90s, many elements of this subculture infiltrated popular culture: elements of thieves jargon, bawdy songs and tattoos. Gopnik often referred to as the representatives of the criminal subculture. However, they Gopnik ("hooligans") did not distinguish themselves as a distinct subculture, and this definition can be regarded as nominal. Another striking example of the counterculture - a radical subculture of skinheads. Originating as a musical, this subculture has long been associated with the music of reggae and ska, but later joined the skinheads of the radical political currents. But do not confuse the very subculture that generally apolitical (such as, for example, traditional skinheads) and the radical part of the subculture (counterculture), which is associated with neo-Nazis, anti-communists and other political beliefs.