1. Cultural diversity in German speaking countries
Subcultures
By: Emily Pope
Period:8

2. Halbstarke
Halbstarke is a term describing a post-war subculture of adolescents-mostly male and of working class parents-that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950’s in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Halbstarke literally means “half strong”.
The first Halbstarke riots occurred after concerts or cinema screenings.
Halbstarke found prototypes for their fashion and style in American movies.
Often, the Halbstarke wore a quiff, jeans, checked shirts and leather jackets.

3. Lan
Lan subculture draws many similarities with pimp life-style of hip hop.
A Lan is characterized by his physical appearance (extravagant hair, beard styling, body building, and sunbed tan, etc.).
Lan means “buddy” in Turkish.
Lans share many aesthetic characteristics with the British chav subculture.
Lan came to mean "guy", "dude", etc. in Germany.

4. Grufti[e] In English, Grufti means “vault or tomb creatures”.
This subculture of “goths” became popular during the early 1990’s.
The goth subculture has associated tastes in music, aesthetics, and fashion.
Grufti are the German “goths”.
Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles including Gothic Rock, Darkwave, Deathrock, Ethereal, Neo-Medieval and Neoclassical.

5. Halbstarke Picture

6. Grufti[e] Picture

7. Grufti[e] Picture Cont’d

8. Questions
1) What does “halbstarke” mean?
2) What does Grufti[e] mean?

9. Answers
1) Half-Strong
2) Vault or Tomb Creature

10. Sites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan_(subculture)