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    Re: Short Elaboration

    Posted by blckencht on 1/20/2008, 2:16 pm, in reply to "Short Elaboration "
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    We're goths here too you know? And for the record, you'll find that goths do have a tendency to define and define and define the definition out of goth inside out. Go on any goth site or community and you'll see it happen time and time again.


    The reason medieval cathedrals were labelled gothic was because the people who labelled them so were trying to insult them. They preferred classical architecture and chose to call them gothic because gothic came to mean barbaric and uncouth.

    Regarding gothic literature and it's influences and developments there are plenty of books and websites you can read that will inform you on the subject. The same goes for goth music which started with Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and The Cure (whether they're goth or not). There's a lot of research and literature available on goth music as well as films that draw influences from gothic literature and later films that have had an impact on the goth scene.

    You're the first person I've heard talk about these 'five components of goth'. For many people goth is about the music firts and foremost but that depends on which internet community you go visiting.

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