| Goth is a contemporary subculture prevalent in many countries
around the globe. |
| It began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s in the gothic
rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre |
| The goth subculture is remarkable for its longevity compared with
others of the same era. |
| Its imagery and cultural proclivities show influences from nineteenth
century Gothic literature, |
| mainly by way of horror movies (particularly cinematic depictions
of vampires). |
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| The goth subculture has associated tastes in music and fashion. |
| Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles. |
| Common to all is a tendency towards a “dark” sound.
Styles of dress within the subculture range from death rock, |
| punk, Victorian, androgyny, some Renaissance style clothes, |
| combinations of the above, and/or lots of black attire, makeup
and hair. |
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| Throughout the evolution of the goth subculture, |
| familiarity with gothic literature became a significant for many
goths. |
| Poe, Lovecraft, Shelley, Dante and the other heralding names became
just as symbolic of the subculture |
| as dressing all in black, wearing the hair dramatically stylized
and dyed black, |
| adorning oneself with dark jewelry and body art,and carrying around
a decorated tin lunchbox, |
| like many other music based subcultures, goths have faced differing
levels of social intolerance due mostly to |
| outward stylistic appearances |
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| Social intolerance ranges from looks of indignation and verbal
taunts to physical violence. |
| A preoccupation with themes of death, romance, the supernatural,
darkness, the archaic, |
| and the generally macabre have occasionally raised public concerns
regarding the emotional well-being of, |
| mainly,young goths and general fears of cultic indoctrination. |
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| Though some goths gravitate toward workplaces that allow a great
deal of personal expression, |
or simply do not care what employees look like others work in
the corporate sector where certain dresscodes are enforced.
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| They usually add a gothic twist to their ensembles; some would
say they wear corporate gothwear, |
| which satisfies gothic tastes in fashion without alienating more
mainstream and conservative co-workers, |
| as well as keeping with management policies. |
| Corporate gothwear varies based on individual taste, though a
David Bowie influence is often prevalent, as well as |
| 1920s through 1960s styles examples include, but are not limited
to, a black pinstripe suit and burgundy shirt for men |
| and a black turtleneck and skirt or suit with silver jewelry for
women |
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| A recent study by Sussex University suggests that goths are likely
to grow up to be doctors, |
| lawyers or architects,and that goths are usually intelligent,
refined and sensitive, and keen on poetry and books |
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