Gopnik
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For people with this surname, see Gopnik (surname).
A gopnik in a khrushchyovka
Gopnik (Russian: го́пник)[1] is a pejorative term to describe a particular subculture in Russia, Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics, and other Slavic countries to refer aggressive young men or women of lower-class suburbans (usually under 25 years of age)[2] coming from families of poor education and income, somewhat similar to American rednecks, British chavs, Scottish neds, Polish dresiarz, and Indonesian préman. The female form is gopnitsa (Russian: го́пница), and the collective noun is gopota (Russian: гопота́).
One of the stereotypical characteristics of gopniks is that they are often seen squatting in groups, a learned behavior attributed to Russian prison culture.[3]
Literature, further reading[edit]
- Фима Жиганец. Жемчужины босяцкой речи. Ростов-на-Дону, "Феникс", 1999. ISBN 5-222-00958-0
- Потапов С.М. Словарь жаргона преступников. Блатная музыка. Народный комиссариат внутренних дел, 1990.
- Владимир Козлов. Гопники. Ад Маргинем, 2003. ISBN 5-93321-041-2
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References[edit]
- ^ Russian plural гопники (gopniki), also гопота (gopota), and гопари (gopari).
- ^ Beiträge der Europäischen Slavistischen Linguistik (POLYSLAV)., Volume 8, 2005, ISBN 3-87690-924-4, p. 237
- ^ Ханипов Р. «Гопники» – значение понятия, и элементы репрезентации субкультуры «гопников» в России // "Social Identities in Transforming Societies"
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