Dr. Goth

Yesterday and today, the British press have been picking up on the work of  Dr. Dunja Brill, who recently completed her Doctorate of Media and Cultural Studies at Sussex University. Dr. Brill's doctoral thesis was on Goth culture, specifically researching and comparing Goth lifestyles in Brighton, Edinburgh, Berlin and Bonn/Cologne.

Yesterday London's Telegraph newspaper picked up on the scholarly work with an article entitled "Goths are just nice teens with a dark sense of humour ". Today the Independent ("Don't mock goths: future's bright for the men and women in black") and Guardian ("I have seen the future - and it's goth") also picked up the story.

Some excerpts:

"being a goth can open up a world where art, current affairs and literature are embraced and openly discussed, perhaps paving the way for future networking." (Guardian)

"Manson is not regarded as part of the movement and that far from being a sinister group of social misfits, Goths place a high value on university education and highbrow culture." (Independent)

"Many teenagers carry on being goths into their adult life, wearing toned-down clothes, having good jobs, a mortgage, a car and children." (Telegraph)

"The scene has quite middle-class values - education, highbrow culture, theatre, museums, romantic literature, poetry, philosophy, Gothic architecture. Many Goths like classical music. It's a status symbol to have a good collection of classical pieces - mostly requiems and darker pieces," (Independent)

"goth is a nonviolent subculture. '...I don't know any goths who are into graveyard destruction or cat slaughtering. They like their graveyards and they love their cats.' " (Guardian)

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