Молодёжные субкультуры

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Тема: « Молодежные субкультуры. Youth subcultures»

По дисциплине иностранный язык (английский)

Выполнила: Пчёлина Л.Г.

Why this presentation is useful for you

• You’ll learn some new English words and word combinations on the theme “ Youth subcultures “ for their further use in speaking, reading, and writing.
• You’ll read the text and you will be able to use the new material in your practice.

Words

• youth – молодежь, молодежный
• subсulture - субкультурa
• recent – современный, последний
• fashion – мода
• mainstream - общепринятый
• to accept - принимать
• views – взгляды
• clothes – одежда
• to express – выражaть
• impolite - невежливый
• to realize – осознать
• urban - городской

• Goths – готы

• Punks - панки

• Hippies - хиппи

• Skinheads – скинхеды

• “ Heavy metal” - металлисты

Do you know anything about urban subсultures of the youth?

It is generally held that subсulture is the сulture of those who are dissatisfied with their place in society. On the whole Teds, Mods, Ro-

ckers, Bikers, Skinheads and

Punks are the subсultures of

the politically or economically

weak segments of the society.

What do recent subсultures protest against?

As it known, recent subсultures reflect a refusal

to conform in post-1945 society. For example,

the subсulture of Rastafairians was based on

nostalgia for a lost world. They idealized Africa.

Who were Rastafairians?

Rastafairians were Afro-Caribbean immigrants

in Britain. They dreamed of golden age in Africa

before the slave traders came. They viewed

Britain as part of the Biblical “Babylon”, the land

of slavery, and Africa especially Ethiopia as the

“ Promised Land”. These Rastafairians began to

wear distinctive clothes, camouflage jackets,

large hats in the red, gold and green colours of

Ethiopia and put their long, uncut hair in “dread-

locks”. They took to speaking in a special “patois” or

dialect. Rastafairians were defiant until they became a

recognized and legitimate minority group in Great Britain at the end of

the 1980.

What made the greatest impact on the development of urban subсultures ?

Black music which came to Britain through the

Rastafairians made its impact on urban sub-

cultures. Such types as ska, reggae and “Hip-

hop” evolved in the Caribbean and the United

States, developed in Britain during the 1970,

came to Russia in the 1990. In Britain reggae

music is held as powerful expression of

dissidents. In our country reggae is the music of

the teenagers . Many subсultures developed as a

result of music fusion of black and white cultures.

Can you give an example of such fusion?

Skinheads developed in the 1970 in England

out of an older cult, the Mods. They imitated

black mannerism and fashion and danced to

reggae. At the same time the white teenagers

who loved the music and copied the clothes of

the Afro-Asian immigrants were violent to them.

They wore heavy boots, jeans and braces, and

shave their hair or cut it very short. They

aggressively sought to recover a crude working

class identity which their parents’ generation had largely

abandoned. In the main, Skinheads dreamed about the revival

of the traditional working class culture. Now this movement is in

decline in Britain but it flourishes in East European countries and

Russia. The Skinheads in Great Britain were identified with extreme right

wing views.

What can you say about Hippies?

Hippies belonged to the opposing young people

of the late 1960. Their forms of protest

corresponded to the standards of their contem-

poraneous society. Coming against the war in

Vietnam the young Americans, who associated

themselves with Hippies, established their com-

munes. The movement spread throughout

Europe. Hippies led a primitive life in their own

countries and then moved to the East. They

rebelled against the values of their society. Their idol was

J.R.R. Tolkien, who created the fairy tale of the 20-th century.

His epic trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” became the guidelines for

Hippies.

What do you know about Punks ?

As far as I know, Punks appeared in Britain in the

1970 as a reaction to the glamour of the pop

star world of the 1960. Punks, like the Skinheads

are regressive, but inactive and politically indif-

ferent. Their real attraction to the young has

Been their ability to insult middle aged opinion

especially among the guardians of social values.

They have done it by using vulgar language,

wearying green and pink hair, dressing in torn

clothes, mutilating their bodies with safety pins. Now

Punks are in decline in Britain but are popular in our country.

Punks, Skinheads and Rastafairians, each in their own way asserted

that they resided in a world, as they understood it, alienated by class

and race. Generally they were young people with low self respect, who did

poorly at school. Joining a gang was a means of finding a status. They opposed the

traditional world in which they were settled as fiasco elements.

Are there other cults within urban subculture?

Yes, there are. “Heavy metal” is one of them.

This music of failure is widely despised by those

who enjoy pop, reggae or soul. Unlike other

rebel cults the followers of heavy metal behave

them selves as victims. They wear gothic script

and grinning sculls, expression of disheartened

interests. It is known that cults arise and

disappear over periods of a decade or two. Ragga

Gothic arose in the 1980. Raggas are American

inspired. They are clothed in baseball caps, tracksuits

trousers and chunky trainers. Gothic is a blend of 1970

Punk and 1960 Hippies. “Goths” wear their hair very long

and dyed black, and dress in cheap, loose clothes. They put on

make up, looking very pale with cosmetics around the eyes. They are not

aggressive and seem to feel nostalgia for the youth culture and music of the 1960.

Are there other cults within urban subculture?

At the end of the 1980 Acid House was a

fashionable subculture. It fascinated thousands

juveniles who had not earlier belonged to a cult.

Acid House guaranteed fun and all night dancing

It had its own music which was another variation

on black music from America (“House Music”).

By the 1990 this movement was also in decline.

It is interesting to note that subcultures follow a

cycle. At first they shock then provoke a strong

response. As soon as the subculture gains momentum

it magnetizes youth in search of rebel unity. Many adopt

it for fun and play at rebellion in their leisure time.

The subculture rapidly ceases to express serious dissent.

In the end it becomes another recognized and colourful

part of urban culture

What can you say about Goths ?

As punk faded, they became a culture in their

own right. With startling white make-up, black

or purple hair, black lipstick and fingernails,

these people certainly stand out in the crowd.

They see the world as a dark place and like it

that way.

Fill in the blanks with missing letters and read the words

H_pp_es G_t_s P_nks

Copy the words and match them with the translation

• Goths
• Punks
• Hippies
• Skinheads
• “ Heavy metal”
• subсulture
• recent
• fashion
• to accept
• views
• clothes
• to express
• urban
• youth

• субкультура
• готы
• скинхеды
• панки
• хиппи
• мода
• современный, последний
• металлисты
• молодежь
• городской
• одежда
• принимать
• выражать
• взгляды

Check yourself

• Goths
• Punks
• Hippies
• Skinheads
• “ Heavy metal”
• subсulture
• recent
• fashion
• to accept
• views
• clothes
• to express
• urban
• youth

• готы
• панки
• хиппи
• скинхеды
• металлисты
• субкультура
• последний, современный
• мода
• принимать
• взгляды
• одежда
• выражать
• городской
• молодежь

Read the texts find a title to each text among the names of groups in: Goths, Punks, Hippies, “Heavy metal”, Skinheads.

1. They are opposed to the values, norms and materialism in the society.

2. As punk faded, they became a culture in their

They express this in loud

own right. With startling white make-up, black

and violent music, lyrics

or purple hair, black lipstick and fingernails,

which frequently contain

these people certainly stand out in the crowd.

oppositional themes (anti

They see the world as a dark place and like it

-romantic love songs, anti-parents, anti-police, etc.), strange clothing and

that way.

hair of unusual colours.

Check yourself

1. Punks

2. Goths

Share your opinions on the following questions.

• Would you be interested in joining any of these groups? Why / why not?

• What is easier: to join a group or to leave it? Why?

3. Do you become different or stay the same when you join a group?