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    Emo Subculture

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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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    Inmate Subculture

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    all depends how quickly an inmate adapts. Webster‚ (2017) defines adapt as to adjust to environmental conditions. Once an inmate adapts to the cell‚ food‚ showers‚ the yard‚ visitation‚ even loneliness‚ the inmate becomes part of the subculture. The inmate subculture is comprised of beliefs‚ values‚ habits‚ customs and they even dabble in forms of witchcraft. Many believing that inmates that die behind bars‚ spirits walk the corridors.

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    Modern Era: 1920-1940 During the 1920s‚ clothing styles officially entered the modern era of fashion design. During this decade‚ women began to liberate themselves from constricting clothes for the first time and openly embrace more comfortable styles like pants and short skirts. While popular fashions remained relatively conservative prior to 1925‚ short skirts‚ low waistlines‚ and revolutionary styles of the flapper era characterized the latter half of the decade (Hall 1992). Dresses were made

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    In the 1920s and the early 1930s‚ feminity was produced in a racial masquerade‚ so it could be worn or it could be taken off according to “Racial Masquerade” by Alys Eve Weinbaum. Weinbaum states that there are three main parts to this racial masquerade: transforming the visual surface of the body‚ consuming commodities produced in the mass market‚ and creating race as a performance. The cosmetic industry was one driver of this ideology of racial masquerade. For example‚ many advertisements promised

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    Police Subculture

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    discussed how police would do in danger situations and how they feel when they shoot‚ and subculture in their workplace. The questions for this assignment—“How does the police officers’ workplace subculture help the police? What factors help create the officers’ workplace subculture?” The answer for the first question—How does the police officers’ workplace subculture help the police?: “The police subculture contains interpretive schemes for addressing the practical problems of when to shoot first

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    Prohibition The prohibition was the 18th amendment put into effect back in 1920 where it had made any manufacturing‚ sales‚ or distributing any type of intoxicating liquor illegal. Many different groups that were against alcohol believed it to be America’s national curse. They believed by taking alcohol away it would lower crime rates and have consumers spend more at other stores. By doing all this it would make America look like a more friendly classy country. After the ban of alcohol the economy

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    Skinhead Subculture

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    variety of subcultures within the culture itself due to the evolution and separation of different groups of skinheads. The Skinhead subculture originated in the mid to late sixties and was created by the working class community that had a strong fondness for fashion and music. The original Skinheads enjoyed listening to soul‚ ska‚ bluebeat‚ and rocksteady music. They were also highly influenced by the Jamaican Rude Boy subculture‚ Reggae‚ and Rastafarianism. From this original subculture many other

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    The 1920s was one of the most controversial time periods in all of American history. With many advances in science came new theories such as Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. With the theory of evolution being incorporated in schools many religious families became severely distressed. Court cases began popping up all over the nation in both favor and opposition towards the new teaching of how life on earth began. The most famous trial being the Scopes trial‚ which effected the education system

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    The 1920s are considered to be roaring because of the many social‚ political‚ cultural and economic changes that occurred. Some social changes occurred with the creation of the automobile and the radio. Millions of people had the freedom to travel easily to new places and the radio brought entertainment‚ new ideas and experiences to their homes. Other changes emerged when women took jobs during and after the war. New machines were created to assist in household chores like washing clothes and preparing

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    The topic of the stock market crash‚ is one that brings many theories and ideas to the true cause of the American economy downfall in the late 1920s. Foremost‚ the American economy suffered drastically following the conclusion of WWI‚ many lived under the assumption that the new era of the 1920s was full of economic opportunities‚ which caused over production of goods creating lasting effects on the economy. In addition‚ Americans had a false sense of security in local banking systems‚ stock prices

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