June 19, 2013
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Description
A 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 associated with many youth subcultures, such as punks, emos, ravers, Juggalos, metalheads and goths. The study of subcultures often consists of the study of the symbolism attached to clothing, music, other visible affections by members of the subculture, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture.
Socioeconomic class, gender, intelligence, conformity, morality, and ethnicity can be important in relation to youth subcultures. Youth subcultures can be defined as meaning systems, modes of expression or lifestyles developed by groups in subordinate structural positions in response to dominant systems — and which reflect their attempt to solve structural contradictions rising from the wider societal context.
The term scene can refer to an exclusive subculture or faction. Scenes are distinguished from the broad culture through either fashion; identification with specific musical genres or political perspectives; and a strong in-group or tribal mentality. The term can be used to describe geographic subsets of a subculture, such as the Detroit drum and bass scene or the London goth scene.
(via Freebase)
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![Youths Against Settlements launches new campaign to counter Israeli settler attacks [Palestine TV, Ramallah]](/images/image_cache/base-12794000/12794294/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=15084f7b623cfcbd12961ad5bfbeb642)
![Iraq's Association of Young Journalists launches anti-drug campaign [Al-Iraqiya TV, Iraq]](/images/image_cache/base-12781000/12781060/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=f86c793ade1c193e2d4bca4407111aec)
![Knesset speaker personally apologizes to Arab teenager for Jewish attack [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-9182000/9182882/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d6a99a2d964c36f4a9a7bea6bb930568)
![Yemen's Council of the Revolution's Youth holds first general conference [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-6238000/6238658/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=32161499c3f1db68d30e3a199a463a7a "An anti-government protester gestures with the colours of the national flag of Yemen on his face during a demonstration to demand the restructuring of the Army in Sanaa June 10, 2012: REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi")
