Greaser (subculture), the Glossary

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1. 115 relations: Adolescence, African-American music, American Bandstand, American Civil War, American Graffiti, American Guide Series, American lower class, Backcombing, Baltimore metropolitan area, Bōsōzoku, Bodgies and widgies, Brothel creeper, Bully (video game), Camp (style), Capri pants, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicano, Chip Silverman, Chuck Taylor All-Stars, Columbia College, Columbia University, Combat boot, Consumerism, Cowboy boot, Cry-Baby, Denim, Dinitia Smith, Doo-wop, Ducktail, Edgar Allan Poe, Elvis Presley, Engineer boot, Fallout (franchise), Federal Writers' Project, Fonzie, Francis Ford Coppola, Gadesh, Gang, George Lucas, Gilbert Highet, Grease (film), Greeks, Guido (slang), Halbstarke, Happy Days, Hispanic, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hot rod, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Italian Americans, Italians, ... Expand index (65 more) »

2. 1950s fads and trends
3. 1960s fads and trends
4. Greasers (subculture)
5. Italian-American culture
6. Motorcycling subculture in the United States
7. Music and fashion
8. Working-class culture in Canada
9. Working-class culture in the United States
10. Youth culture in the United States

Adolescence

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority).

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African-American music

African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture.

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American Bandstand

American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Graffiti

American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, written by Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz and Lucas, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack. Greaser (subculture) and American Graffiti are greasers (subculture).

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American Guide Series

The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States.

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American lower class

In the United States, the lower class are those at or near the lower end of the socioeconomic hierarchy.

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Backcombing

Backcombing (also known as teasing or ratting) is a way of combing hair which is used to create volume as well as to create certain hairstyles.

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Baltimore metropolitan area

The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Central Maryland, is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Maryland as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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Bōsōzoku

is a Japanese youth subculture associated with customized motorcycles.

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Bodgies and widgies

Bodgies and widgies refer to a youth subculture that existed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s, similar to the rocker culture in the UK or greaser culture in the United States. Greaser (subculture) and Bodgies and widgies are Counterculture of the 1950s.

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Brothel creeper

Brothel creepers, sometimes shortened to creepers, are a style of shoe that has thick crepe soles, often in combination with suede uppers.

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Bully (video game)

Bully (released in the PAL region as Canis Canem Edit; Latin for "dog eat dog") is a 2006 action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games.

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Camp (style)

Camp is an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of perceived bad taste and ironic value.

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Capri pants

Capri pants (also known as three quarter legs, or capris, crop pants, man-pris, clam-diggers, flood pants, ankle pants, jams, highwaters, or toreador pants) are pants that are longer than shorts, but are not as long as trousers.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Chicano

Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans who have a non-Anglo self-image, embracing their Mexican Native ancestry.

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Chip Silverman

Howard Burton "Chip" Silverman, Ph.D, M.P.H., M.S., C.A.S., was the author of five books, coached the NCAA's only African-American college lacrosse team and was the former head of the Maryland Drug Abuse Administration.

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Chuck Taylor All-Stars

Chuck Taylor All-Stars or Converse All Stars (also referred to as "Converse", "Chuck Taylors", "Chucks", "Cons", "All Stars", and "Chucky Ts") are sneakers manufactured by American fashion brand Converse (a subsidiary of Nike, Inc. since 2003).

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Columbia College, Columbia University

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Combat boot

Combat or tactical boots are military boots designed to be worn by soldiers during combat or combat training, as opposed to during parades and other ceremonial duties.

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Consumerism

Consumerism is a social and economic order in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays of status.

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Cowboy boot

Cowboy boots are a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys.

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Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby is a 1990 American teen musical romantic comedy film written and directed by John Waters.

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Denim

Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads.

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Dinitia Smith

Dinitia Smith (born December 26, 1945) is an American author and filmmaker.

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Doo-wop

Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Greaser (subculture) and doo-wop are Italian-American culture.

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Ducktail

The ducktail is a men's haircut style popular during the 1950s. Greaser (subculture) and ducktail are greasers (subculture).

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.

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Engineer boot

Engineer boots, also known as engineer's boots or engineering boots, are an American type of traditional leather work-boots. Greaser (subculture) and engineer boot are greasers (subculture).

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Fallout (franchise)

Fallout is a media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, at Interplay Entertainment.

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Federal Writers' Project

The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers and to develop a history and overview of the United States, by state, cities and other jurisdictions.

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Fonzie

Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, better known as "Fonzie" or "The Fonz", is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). Greaser (subculture) and Fonzie are greasers (subculture).

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola (born 7 April 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Gadesh

Gadesh or Balagadesh — is a subculture in Azerbaijan. Greaser (subculture) and Gadesh are subcultures.

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Gang

A gang is a group or society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime.

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George Lucas

George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker and philanthropist.

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Gilbert Highet

Gilbert Arthur Highet (June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978) was a Scottish American classicist, academic writer, intellectual critic, and literary historian.

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Grease (film)

Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Bronté Woodard and an adaptation by co-producer Allan Carr, based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Guido (slang)

Guido is a North American subculture, slang term, and ethnic slur referring to working-class urban Italian-Americans. Greaser (subculture) and Guido (slang) are Italian-American culture and subcultures.

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Halbstarke

Halbstarke ("half-strengths", loosely "greaser" or "rocker") is a German term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class parents – that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Happy Days

Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad broadly.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Hot rod

Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed and acceleration. Greaser (subculture) and Hot rod are greasers (subculture) and youth culture in the United States.

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a 2008 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.

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Italians

Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.

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Ivy League

The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States.

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Jeans

Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Greaser (subculture) and Jeans are working-class culture in the United States.

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John Waters

John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist.

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Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority.

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KCET

KCET (channel 28) is a secondary PBS member television station in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Latino (demonym)

The masculine term Latino, along with its feminine form Latina, is a noun and adjective, often used in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, that most commonly refers to United States inhabitants who have cultural ties to Latin America.

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Laverne & Shirley

Laverne & Shirley is an American sitcom television series that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983.

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Leather jacket

A leather jacket is a jacket-length coat that is usually worn on top of other apparel or item of clothing, and made from the tanned hide of various animal skins. Greaser (subculture) and leather jacket are greasers (subculture).

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Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.

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Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with, and the county seat of, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.

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Mediterranean race

The Mediterranean race (also Mediterranid race) is an obsolete racial classification of humans based on a now-disproven theory of biological race.

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Moral panic

A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society.

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Motorcycle boot

Motorcycle boots are associated with motorcycle riders and range from above ankle to below knee boots.

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Motorcycle club

A motorcycle club is a group of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Northeastern United States

The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.

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Nozem

Nozem was a term during the 1950s and 1960s to describe self-conscient, rebellious youth, often aggressive and considered problematic by authorities in the Netherlands. Greaser (subculture) and Nozem are Counterculture of the 1950s.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Olive skin

Olive skin is a human skin tone.

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Pedal pushers

Pedal pushers are calf-length trousers that were popular during the 1950s and the early 1960s.

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Perfecto motorcycle jacket

Perfecto is a secondary brand of "lancer fronted" leather motorcycle jackets designed by Irving Schott and manufactured by the American clothing company, Schott NYC.

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Petroleum jelly

Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties.

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Pomade

Pomade is a greasy, waxy, or water-based substance that is used to style hair.

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Pompadour (hairstyle)

The pompadour is a hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV of France. Greaser (subculture) and pompadour (hairstyle) are greasers (subculture).

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Promiscuity

Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Raggare

Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway and Finland, and to a lesser extent in Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Greaser (subculture) and Raggare are Counterculture of the 1950s and Counterculture of the 1960s.

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Ramón A. Gutiérrez

Ramón Arturo Gutiérrez (born c. 1951) is an American historian of race and ethnic relations.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Greaser (subculture) and rock and roll are 1950s fads and trends, Counterculture of the 1950s, Counterculture of the 1960s, Italian-American culture and youth culture in the United States.

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Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. Greaser (subculture) and Rockabilly are Counterculture of the 1950s and youth culture in the United States.

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Rocker (subculture)

Rockers (also known as leather boys or ton-up boys14 February 1961, The Daily Express (London)) are members or followers of a biker subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the late 1950s and was popular in the 1960s. Greaser (subculture) and Rocker (subculture) are Counterculture of the 1950s, Counterculture of the 1960s, music and fashion and subcultures.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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S. E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is any harmful or unwanted sexual act—or attempt to obtain a sexual act through violence or coercion—or an act directed against a person's sexuality without their consent, by any individual regardless of their relationship to the victim.

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Sha Na Na

Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969.

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Sitcom

A sitcom (a shortening of situation comedy, or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy centred on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode.

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Sleeveless shirt

A sleeveless shirt is a shirt that is manufactured without sleeves or with sleeves that have been cut off.

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Social alienation is a person's feeling of disconnection from a group whether friends, family, or wider society with which the individual has an affiliation.

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Sometimes They Come Back

"Sometimes They Come Back" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the March 1974 issue of Cavalier and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.

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Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

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A spin-off or spinoff is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.

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Steel-toe boot

A steel-toe boot (also known as a safety boot, steel-capped boot, steel toecaps or safety shoe) is a durable boot or shoe that has a protective reinforcement in the toe which protects the foot from falling objects or compression.

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.

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Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.

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Switchblade

A switchblade (also known as switch knife, automatic knife, pushbutton knife, ejector knife, flick knife, gravity knife, flick blade, or spring knife) is a pocketknife with a sliding or pivoting blade contained in the handle which is extended automatically by a spring when a button, lever, or switch on the handle or bolster is activated.

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Teddy Boys

The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after the Second World War. Greaser (subculture) and Teddy Boys are Counterculture of the 1950s and Counterculture of the 1960s.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Outsiders (film)

The Outsiders is a 1983 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

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The Outsiders (novel)

The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press. Greaser (subculture) and The Outsiders (novel) are greasers (subculture).

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The Wild One

The Wild One is a 1953 American crime film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. Greaser (subculture) and The Wild One are Counterculture of the 1950s.

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To Helen

"To Helen" is the first of two poems to carry that name written by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Twill

Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.

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Underwear

Underwear, underclothing, or undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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University Press of Kentucky

The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.

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Winklepicker

Winklepickers or winkle pickers are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward, especially popular with British rock and roll fans such as teddy boys.

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Working class

The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Young adult

In medicine and the social sciences, a young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence, sometimes with some overlap.

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Youth subculture

Youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests.

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See also

1950s fads and trends

• 1950s in music
• 1952 UFO flap
• 3D film
• Car tailfin
• Coonskin cap
• Drive-in
• Greaser (subculture)
• Green Feather Movement
• Hula hoop
• Jester blouse
• Novelty song
• Panty raid
• Phonebooth stuffing
• Poodle skirt
• Rock and roll
• Rock music
• Skiffle
• Sock hop
• Vibrating belt machine

1960s fads and trends

• 1960s in music
• Age of Aquarius
• Aqua Net
• Bananadine
• Beatlemania
• Bell-bottoms
• Bike boom
• Bralessness
• Dalekmania
• Elephant joke
• Flower power
• Francine Gottfried
• Freddie (dance)
• Free jazz
• Frodo Lives!
• Frug (dance)
• Geodesic dome
• Go-go dancing
• God's eye
• Greaser (subculture)
• Hippie movement
• Keep On Truckin' (comics)
• Lava lamp
• Love beads
• Make love, not war
• Marsha Albert
• Metrecal
• Miniskirt
• Mod (subculture)
• Nehru jacket
• Novelty song
• Paper clothing
• Paul is dead
• Psychedelic rock
• Sick comedy
• Summer of Love
• Surf music
• Take Ivy
• The Shake (dance)
• Tie-dye
• Troll doll
• Turn on, tune in, drop out
• Twist (dance)
• Vibrating belt machine
• Watusi (dance)

Greasers (subculture)

• American Graffiti
• Ducktail
• Engineer boot
• Fonzie
• Grease (musical)
• Greaser (subculture)
• Hey Good Lookin' (film)
• Hot rod
• Leather jacket
• Pompadour (hairstyle)
• Ponyboy Curtis
• Shell jacket
• Sideburns
• The Delinquents (1957 film)
• The Lords of Flatbush
• The Outsiders (novel)
• The Wanderers (1979 film)

Italian-American culture

• American Institute for Roman Culture
• Anti-Italianism
• Columbus Day
• Cookie table
• Council for the United States and Italy
• Disco
• Doo-wop
• Electronic dance music
• Freestyle music
• Goombah
• Greaser (subculture)
• Guido (slang)
• Heat (1986 film)
• I Love Paraisópolis
• International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
• Italian language in the United States
• Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
• Italian-American cuisine
• Joanna Clapps Herman
• Krebs, Oklahoma
• Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
• List of Italian-American television characters
• Madonna dell'Udienza
• Memphis Italian Festival
• Naples, Idaho
• Nīnole, Hawaii
• Pepino the Italian Mouse
• Rock and roll
• Saint Joseph's Day
• Stregheria
• The Gaylords (American vocal group)
• The Godfather Effect
• Tony De Nonno
• White ethnic
• Wild Card (2015 film)
• Yo (greeting)
• Zoot suit

Motorcycling subculture in the United States

• Chicago Motorsports Council
• Cholo
• Cook's Corner
• Deals Gap, North Carolina
• End of Watch Ride to Remember
• Greaser (subculture)
• Hollister riot
• Newcomb's Ranch
• The Rock Store

Music and fashion

• Beatle boot
• Blue Gucci dress of Harry Styles
• Cher
• Concert T-shirt
• Cultural impact of Beyoncé
• Cultural impact of Jennifer Lopez
• Cultural impact of Michael Jackson
• Cultural impact of Shakira
• Cultural impact of the Beatles
• Cybergoth
• Disco
• Emo
• Fashion of Madonna
• Gothic fashion
• Greaser (subculture)
• Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez
• Grunge fashion
• Heavy metal fashion
• Hip hop fashion
• Hippie
• Hipster (contemporary subculture)
• Indie sleaze
• List of models in music videos
• Malcolm McLaren
• Meat dress of Lady Gaga
• Music and fashion
• New wave music
• Punk fashion
• Rave
• Rocker (subculture)
• Scene (subculture)
• Skinhead
• Thriller jacket
• Vivienne Westwood
• Western wear

Working-class culture in Canada

• Association des Travailleurs Grecs du Québec
• Camp Naivelt
• Gazeebow Unit
• Greaser (subculture)
• Joual
• Mackinaw cloth
• Mackinaw jacket
• New Hogtown Press
• Pouding chômeur
• Skeet (Newfoundland)
• Toronto Jewish Folk Choir
• Toronto slang

Working-class culture in the United States

• Acushnet Heights Historic District
• Allentown (song)
• Arbeiter-Zeitung (Chicago)
• Born Fighting
• Carhartt
• Chonga
• David Smaill House
• Frederick Armbruster Cottage
• Greaser (subculture)
• Hunky (ethnic slur)
• Jeans
• Jewish-American working class
• Lace curtain and shanty Irish
• Lakewood Heights, Atlanta
• Limerick, Louisville
• Mackinaw cloth
• Mackinaw jacket
• McGulpin House
• Mill–Pine Neighborhood Historic District
• Monroe Hotel
• New Orleans English
• Outer Banks (TV series)
• Peaceful Valley, Spokane
• Peanuts and Coke
• Peckerwood
• Poorhouse Rock
• Pope Night
• Race Rebels
• Redneck
• Redneck Revolt
• Socialist Rifle Association
• Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
• Swamp Yankee
• Trash: Short Stories
• Treating (dating)
• Trowbridge Square Historic District
• Union League
• We Got to Do Better
• White ethnic
• Working Class (TV series)

Youth culture in the United States

• Blaxploitation films
• Bobby soxer (subculture)
• Bro culture
• Chad (slang)
• Choking game
• Class of Lies (American TV series)
• Deadhead
• Euphoria (American TV series)
• Gangsta rap
• Glam rock
• Goth subculture
• Greaser (subculture)
• Green Label
• Grunge
• Hardcore punk
• Hayward Gay Prom
• Hip hop
• Hippie movement
• Hipster (1940s subculture)
• Hot rod
• Media and American adolescent sexuality
• Merry Jane
• Pachuco
• Prom
• Proto-punk
• Punk ideologies
• Punk rock
• Rock and roll
• Rockabilly
• Saturday-morning cartoon
• Scene (subculture)
• Screamo
• Scrub baseball
• Skate punk
• Skateboarding
• Straight edge
• Sunshine pop
• Surf music
• Teenager (word)
• Teenybopper
• The Hook
• Trap music
• Youth crew
• Yuppie
• Zippie

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greaser_(subculture)

Also known as Greaser (1950s), Greaser subculture.

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