Wicca, and Not a Form of Association with the Devil

Wicca, and Not a Form of Association with the Devil

Wicca: A five-letter word that is many of a time mistaken for another five-letter word; witch. Yet in present definitions, the two are far from interchangeable. Wicca is a religious practice that is slowly being recognized in the United States of America and other areas around the world.

Goth Mysticism, Fashion, Science, and the British Tradition

Goth Mysticism, Fashion, Science, and the British Tradition

In his informal musings on British popular culture, Michael Bracewell observes that “from the eighteenth-century onwards, mysticism in England can be seen to flourish at times of sudden scientific advancement” (during the Thatcher era however, it was more a case of sweeping economic changes being touted as “progress”).

The Commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the Loss of a Subculture

The Commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the Loss of a Subculture

Popular music as a subculture in late modernity is one obvious space where social identity is negotiated and performed, and there is a wealth of literature on the topic (Bennett, 2000; Cohen, 1991; Frith, 1983; Whiteley, 2000). However, research on music tourism is less developed (although see Connell and Gibson, 2002).

Goth Subculture Spirituality and Unique Visual Aesthetics

Goth Subculture Spirituality and Unique Visual Aesthetics

We agree with Siegel that Goth is a meaningful form of resistance to “regimes of sexual normalcy” that buttress consumer capitalism (Siegel, 2005, p. 2). Indeed, we underscore how Goth’s “new eroticisms” and unique visual styles “make possible new ways of thinking.”

British Gothic Subculture and the Ambivalence of Resistance

British Gothic Subculture and the Ambivalence of Resistance

The lyrics of the opening track on Bauhaus’s debut album, ‘In the Flat Field’, are a fitting opening, because they signal the characteristic ambivalence of the gothic “underground.” As someone who has frequented the gothic scene for almost fifteen years, and as someone who has worked to provide a more sympathetic portrayal of the subculture elsewhere, I can easily say that the “shielding pride” of gothic performativity makes it difficult for those on the outside to understand the complexity of being goth, including a recognition of a real dark side (Gunn 1999a and 1999b).

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