Difference between revisions of "Dizelaši (Serbia)"

</ref>.<br><br>While the dizelaši subculture was closely linked to the specific socio-economic conditions of 1990s Serbia, similar subcultures were found in other countries that underwent social and economic turmoil at the turn of the century. For example, gopniki describes members of the youth subculture found in Russia and other post-Soviet states in the 1980s (Subcultureslist 2015)<ref>Subcultureslist.com. http://subcultureslist.com/DIZELASI/ and http://subcultureslist.com/gopniki/ accessed 23 August 2015

</ref>.<br><br>While the dizelaši subculture was closely linked to the specific socio-economic conditions of 1990s Serbia, similar subcultures were found in other countries that underwent social and economic turmoil at the turn of the century. For example, gopniki describes members of the youth subculture found in Russia and other post-Soviet states in the 1980s (Subcultureslist 2015)<ref>Subcultureslist.com. http://subcultureslist.com/DIZELASI/ and http://subcultureslist.com/gopniki/ accessed 23 August 2015

</ref>. It too attracted young males, comparable to ‘chavs’ or ‘neds’ in Great Britain, characterised by aggressive behaviour, a predilection for criminal activity, and alcohol abuse. Like the dizelaši, gopniki followed a dress-code featuring tracksuits and leather jackets.<br><br>The dizelaši phenomenon was propagated in popular culture through films such as Do koske (To the bone), Rane (Wounds) and Vidimo se u čitulji (See you in the obituary). Nowadays the phenomenon persists through the subculture neodizelaši, whose members follow the same dress code as the dizelaši and listen to music from the nineties. The neodizelaši are not however nearly as prominent or widespread as their predecessors were. Today, indeed, the term dizelaši is mostly used pejoratively to refer to a people with poor taste in clothing and music. However, the subculture of dizelaši also survives through a 'Silicone valley' subculture that emerged in the late nineties and persists to this day (Kronja: 92)<ref>Kronja, I. 2006. ‘Urbani životni stilovi i medijska reprezentacija gradskog života i omladinske potkulture.’ Zbornik Fakutleta Dramskih Umetnosti, 10: 89-109

</ref>. It too attracted young males, comparable to ‘chavs’ or ‘neds’ in Great Britain, characterised by aggressive behaviour, a predilection for criminal activity, and alcohol abuse. Like the dizelaši, gopniki followed a dress-code featuring tracksuits and leather jackets.<br><br>The dizelaši phenomenon was propagated in popular culture through films such as Do koske (To the bone), Rane (Wounds) and Vidimo se u čitulji (See you in the obituary). Nowadays the phenomenon persists through the subculture neodizelaši, whose members follow the same dress code as the dizelaši and listen to music from the nineties. The neodizelaši are not however nearly as prominent or widespread as their predecessors were. Today, indeed, the term dizelaši is mostly used pejoratively to refer to a people with poor taste in clothing and music. However, the subculture of dizelaši also survives through a 'Silicone valley' subculture that emerged in the late nineties and persists to this day (Kronja: 92)<ref>Kronja, I. 2006. ‘Urbani životni stilovi i medijska reprezentacija gradskog života i omladinske potkulture.’ Zbornik Fakutleta Dramskih Umetnosti, 10: 89-109

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