Subculture Chapter 11

· Alcoholics Anonymous - a group for recovering alcoholics

· BDMS - erotic practices of bondage, discipline, masochism and sadism

· Beatniks - The beat generation of the 1950s and 1960s 

· Bikers - people interested in motorcycles and often form groups that travel together

· Bodybuilding - using certain exercises to build muscle

· Cosplay - a group involved with wearing costumes and role play

· Cybergoth - a mix of goth and rave culture with energetic music and bright, futuristic clothing

· Deaf culture - may include family members of deaf people and sign language interpreters

· Demoscene - produces demos for play on a computer

· Emo - started with the hardcore punk movement, attitudes and dress are melodramatic

· Fandom - can be fans of movies, a celebrity, or any shared interest

· Freak scene - started in the late 1960s with some hippie and punk elements

· Goth - characterized with dark hair, eyeliner, nail polish and clothes

· Grunge - includes fans of alternative rock prominent in the 1990s. 

· Hip hop - started in South Bronx in the 70s, includes break dancing, graffiti, DJs combining two songs and rap music

· Industrial - electro industrial music of the 1980s

· Juggling - this subculture started in the late 1980s

· Leather - involves styles of dress and activities around sexual activities, especially BDMS, including the wearing of leather

· LGBT - sometimes referred to as the gay culture, includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

· Metalcore - fuses extreme metal and hardcore punk

· Military brat - children of parents in the armed forces

· New Age - a spiritual and metaphysical movement including holistic health and parapsychology

· Nudism - advocates both private and public nudity

· Otaku - people obsessed with anime and manga

· Otherkin - these people view themselves as partly or totally nonhuman

· Pachuco/Pachuca - Hispanic and Latino men and women known for flamboyant dress and behavior

· Preppy - comes from college prep school attended by upper class children

· Rave - characterized by wild parties with loud music and possibly light or laser shows

· Rivethead - this group started in the 1980s with industrial dance music

· Rockabilly - rock-n-roll music incorporating country and western music and rhythm and blues

· Skater - a skateboarding subculture

· Skinhead - early skinheads were not politically involved. The subculture has evolved to include those who are racially motivated, as in white power

· Straight edge - these people like hardcore punk but refrain from recreational drugs, alcohol and tobacco

· Surf - lifestyle associated with those who surf

· Survivalism - people who actively prepare for disasters of all kinds

· Teenybopper - young teenage girls who listen to pop music or rock and roll.

· Trekkie - Star Trek fans

· Vampire culture - alternative lifestyle based on vampires

· Zazou - a French subculture during World War II, characterized by wearing flashy clothing and dancing to bebop and swing

· Reference for above