The Emo subculture consists of two distinct groups. The Emo Subculture The term "Emo" that is now applied to individuals originated as short hand for "Emotional music" Traditional Emo Sub-Culture This "emotional music" draws from a broad range of contemporary genres linked with the common consistent themes of emotionally vivid views often associated with adolescence. For many youths of the mid-80s this music functioned as a safe-haven for emotional expression. Over time a subculture was formed around
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The Sensitive Subculture A skinny white boy dressed with long black hair‚ a tight-fitting vintage t-shirt‚ a pair of torn black skinny jeans and checkerboard converse sneakers walks on stage‚ strums his skull-covered guitar and sings. Emo is a subculture that heavily relies on emotion‚ mostly sadness and depression‚ and takes the emotions to an extreme; emo is short for emotional hardcore. The people in the emo subculture focus on emotion because they do not want to conform to the laid-back popular
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THE EMO SUBCULTURE Aspects of Contemporary Society Emo‚ short for Emotional; this group is generally constructed as a group of teenagers who desperately try to escape the social class they have been put into. Mostly an underground scene the term “Emo” began as a music genre in the mid 1980’s with a group of bands set on redefining punk rock music. They based their music on emotions and feelings and this quickly spread throughout America. This lasted until the early 2000’s when the bases turned to
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Research Paper : Subculture Patrick Etoughe Sociology 101 A subculture is a small cultural group within a larger group such as society. Subcultures can be hidden or distinct; they often have norms‚ values‚ beliefs and interests that make them different from those of the larger culture. A large number of different subcultures can be found today in the United States‚ and the one that we’re going to get more familiar with is known as “EMO”. At first Emo was only considered as a music genre‚ a
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Like the social and fashion trends of eras long gone‚ emo is not simply about the way you dress - it is a lifestyle. It culminates in your clothing‚ shoes‚ hairstyle‚ attitude and - most importantly - musical selection. This section describes the emo lifestyle and attitudes. People do tend to adopt at least the attitudes of the music they listen to most even if they don’t admit it. This is because a lot of people are not able to separate themselves from the ideas that are expressed. Music is different
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In today’s society there are many different subculture tendencies amongst young people‚ they are various and interpenetrating‚ but to the bigger part of them is leading the element music and above all such kind of music‚ that is with a history of many years‚ transformed in classic for many generations. But recently one very different from the entire subcultures tendencies phenomenon‚ called emo style‚ especially strongly caused a sensation. It is different not only at the way of clothing‚ at the
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Extended Definition Paper 11048492 A57 “Emo” “I wish my lawn mower was emo so it would cut itself.” Isn’t the word “emo” now a very familiar word to refer a person who is feeling gloomy‚ heartbroken and depressed? Nowadays‚ the word “emo” is used as an adjective to describe a person who cuts himself or a person who feels depressed whenever the rain is pouring hard and stares at it while listening to some emotional songs or “senti” songs. Emo is an abbreviation of “emotional hardcore” that
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music and Emo (Emo is a term derived from Emotional‚ it’s a form of music that replaced punk music in the early 90’s) are two underground music scenes‚ even though they are both underground and forms of rock they have absolutely nothing in common. From the music to the style that surrounds the music Metal and Emo are almost complete opposites. Metal-Heads wear baggy clothes and Emo kids wear tight clothes. Metal is fast low and heavy‚ Emo is sometimes fast but high and not very heavy. Emo lyrics
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Many often confuse the modern Emo and Indie music scene‚ but little do they realize they are completely different. Between the sense of fashion style‚ the history‚ and the musical culture these genres are as different as day and night. Emo being derived from the word Emotional has a more sensitive‚ but commercial style‚ while Indie derived from the word independent stands for the modern independent music scene. Although emanated from each other‚ both musical scenes have taken a completely separate
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Essay#1 Being a mother is the most important subculture that I am a part of. It is what I spend most of my time doing. It is a twenty-four hours a day seven days a week job‚ but it is something I would not change for the world. Regardless of your background‚ all mothers would agree that the perception of being a mother thrives on being the best mother you can be to the best of your ability. Most people who are mothers have the same values‚ and that is to raise happy‚ healthy and successful children
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