Goth is a music-based subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of Gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. The name Goth was derived directly from the genre. Notable post-punk artists who presaged the gothic rock genre and helped develop and shape the subculture include: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, …

Cybergoth is a subculture that derives from elements of goth, raver, rivethead and cyberpunk fashion.. Opinion differs as to whether cybergoth has the requisite complexity to constitute a subculture, with some commentators suggesting that it is no more than a small aesthetic variation on cyberpunk or raver fashion.

A Goth is a member of the Goths, a group of East Germanic tribes. Two major political entities of the Goths were: Visigoths, prominent in Spanish history; Ostrogoths, prominent in Italian history; Goth or Goths may also refer to: . Goth (surname) Gothic rock or just goth, a music genre; Goth subculture; Goth, a 2003 Japanese novel by Otsuichi; Goth (), a character in the Silverwing …

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the Victorian era or the American "Wild West", where steam power remains in mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly employs steam power.

A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates itself from the parent culture to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles. Subcultures develop their own norms and values regarding cultural, political, and sexual matters. ... goth, punk, hip hop, and rave cultures – may represent mainstream ...

Lolita fashion (ロリータ・ファッション, rorīta fasshon) is a subculture from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period. A very distinctive property of Lolita fashion is the aesthetic of cuteness. This clothing subculture can be categorized into three main substyles: 'gothic', 'classic', and 'sweet'.

Per rock gotico, anche noto con l'equivalente in lingua inglese gothic rock o, in forma abbreviata, goth rock e goth, si intende una corrente musicale circoscrivibile al macrogenere post-punk sviluppatosi nei tardi anni 1970 nel Regno Unito. Secondo Pitchfork e NME, i gruppi che hanno posto le basi per lo sviluppo del genere sono Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, …

Youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family, work, home and school.Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.. Youth music genres are …

Background. Sophie Lancaster (born 26 November 1986) was a former pupil at Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School and Haslingden High School, and a gap year student planning to attend Accrington and Rossendale College to do an English degree. She had been dating Robert Maltby, a 21-year-old art student from Manchester, for three years, and they both had a long …

Subculture: The Meaning of Style is a 1979 book by Dick Hebdige, focusing on Britain's postwar youth subculture styles as symbolic forms of resistance. Drawing from Marxist theorists, literary critics, French structuralists, and American sociologists, Hebdige presents a model for analyzing youth subcultures. While Hebdige argues that each subculture undergoes the same …