Film Analysis: Subculture

Film Analysis
Subculture

Subculture is word that everyone has heard about, but do we really understand the mean of this word and what is a subculture and where is the subculture existing. 

Subculture according to the subculture theory study of sociology scholars at the Chicago School in the 1920 describing a subculture as deviant behavior and discussed deviance as a product of social problems within society. regarding to a subculture within USA is mainly a violent subculture group such Motorcycle Gangs, but later on for contemporary theorists, the concept itself is controversial, and some align with a “post-subculture” perspective suggesting subculture no longer describes the collective activities.

Now we know in term of theory what does it mean but in practical what is subculture. In today blog I will introduce one type of subculture that existing in Japan that have a bad representation from Japanese society perspective. 

This subculture are OTAKU, Otaku is a Japanese word translating to a young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills. For Japanese contemporary society OTAKU is group of people which having interesting in thing that be useless for a modern economic life such as Anime, Manga and Idols groups. OTAKU being is a group of people that having lack of self and nation responsibility in helping moving country forward.

In Japanese Society Otaku have a bad representation and was seen as a group of people that stock in their childhood dream. As I mention earlier that there is many difference type of OTAKU in Japanese society that most of those is concealing their identity from society, but there is one type of OTAKU that not ever try to to conceal their identity on the contrary this group are very open and proudly presenting themselves as a OTAKU, they are Idols OTAKU.

Idols OTAKU not only existing in Japan but has been expanding to Thailand according to the expanding of 48 group that have a good acceptation form Thai society. Idols OTAKU is a unique of of OTAKU because of their preferment of identity, as I mention earlier that group proudly present themselves as OTAKU so they have a unique way of presenting their identity by having a unique cheer dance.

Other than a unique dance cheer one thing that every Idols OTAKU need to have indoor to prove them self as any OTAKU is keyring or a photoset of their beloved's Idols.

By the time that Japanese Idols OTAKU in Japan having a bad representation from Japanese society, in the mean In Thailand Thai Idols OTAKU only being represented as a fan culture similar to many other fan culture. In Thailand OTAKU don't really have a bad representation due to Thai society do not care or pay attention to them. For Thai society the existing of OTAKU is nothing for the Society divergence from Japan that very conservative and care in their national representation.




https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultural-theory-and-theorists/what-is-a-subculture/