Instructions: 

Read the article about a youth tribe.  Then answer questions.

 

What is youth subculture?

It’s a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles. Subcultures develop their own norms and values regarding cultural, political, and sexual matters.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture#:~:text=A%20subculture%20is%20a%20group,%2C%20political%2C%20and%20sexual%20matters.

OTAKU: YOUTH SUBCULTURE 

A variety of youth subcultures have appeared in Japan after World War II. One of the most relevant subcultures that has attracted attention among the young people, public, and academic circles is the tribe “Otaku”.  They are obsessive fans of manga, anime, videogames, and other forms of the Japanese culture.  The Otaku fans are also called “nerds” or “geeks” since in the collective imagination of the people, they are unattractive men and women with a little social life. An otaku, the journalist Tsuzuki Kyoichi concluded, is “someone who doesn’t look good, who has no girlfriend or boyfriend, who is collecting silly things, and . . . who is into something useless.”  This youth tribe was emerged between the 1970s and the 1980s, but in the last year it has flourished since they provide insights into the impact of affluence, technology, and the media on young Japanese, the globalization of Japan’s vibrant youth culture, and the diverse social challenges confronting millennial Japan. In my opinion, the Otaku youth culture has a significant subversive power against social systems, especially that of education. Young people need to be part of a group that shares the same ideas, values, and ways of viewing life.

Important: When you write a paragraph, check that you are responding to the questions: when, where, who, what, how and why.