Subkultur goth telah bertahan lebih lama daripada subkultur lain di era yang sama, dan terus berkembang dan menyebar ke seluruh dunia. Citra dan kecenderungan budayanya menunjukkan pengaruh dari fiksi Gotik abad ke-19 dan dari film horor. Adegan ini berpusat pada festival musik, klub malam, dan pertemuan terorganisasi, terutama di Eropa Barat. Subkultur ini memiliki selera yang terkait dengan musik, estetika, dan mode.
↑Nym, Alexander: Schillerndes Dunkel. Geschichte, Entwicklung und Themen der Gothic-Szene, Plöttner Verlag 2010, ISBN3-862-11006-0, pp. 145–169
↑Farin, Klaus; Wallraff, Kirsten; Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V., Berlin (1999). Die Gothics: Interviews, Fotografien (Edisi Orig.-Ausg.). Bad Tölz: Tilsner. hlm.23. ISBN9783933773098.
Bibliografi
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