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A 10 page observation of how each generation strives to make its own distinctive identity. The author presents the Goth and punk cultures of today and traces their genealogical origin to the flapper culture of the turn of the century. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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the young of practically every generation have fought in some manner to forge an identity for themselves that somehow distinguishes them from their parents generation and, indeed, from all of
those that have come before them. What has emerged from this fight today is the so-called "goth" and "punk" youth cultures, those cultures personified by imposing young people dressed
alternately in all-black or in a colorful regalia composed of braids, beads, tattoos, and piercings. While their styles are shocking whether we consider the males or the females of
these cultures, the females it seems are particularly shocking. While some regard these young women as a sort of mutant offspring of the cultural void that characterizes our modern
world, in reality they spring from the same impetus that has spawned all of the more visually dramatic elements of society. It might be contended, in fact, that the
Goths and punks of our modern world (the female Goths and punks in particular) can be genealogically traced back in time through the hippy culture, the beatnik culture, the greasers,
and even the culture that spawned the colorful zoot suits and flappers at the turn of the twentieth century. Each of
these distinctive elements of society sprang from the pressing need to forge a distinctive self identity. Each was fed by the popular culture of the day (Engler, 2001).
The evolution of some of these groups was fed by the mass media that has gradually come to have a greater and greater influence on so many elements of our
lives. This can be a disturbing thought given that with globalization, our fashions, our foods, our entertainment, our religions, our politics are all being force fed to the worlds
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