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An urban tribe is a subculture that originates and it develops in an urban ambient. In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with distinct sets of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ...
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Urban tribes are, according to Ethan Watters, a groups of never-married's between the ages of 25 and 45 who gather in common-interest groups and enjoy the urban lifestyle. Marriage is a relationship that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
Urban lifestyle communities offer a viable alternative to traditional family structures. An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ...
A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the...
The neologism urban tribe was coined in 2001 by Ethan Watters in a New York Times Magazine article, who later expanded upon the idea in his 2003 book Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment (ISBN 1-58234-264-4). Later on, the term would also be used to refer to people's groups with a specific urban culture ( Example: hip hop culture, Gang, etc). A neologism (from Greek νεολογισμός νÎος [neos] = new; λόγος [logos] = word) is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) — often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
Urban culture is the culture of cities. ...
Breakdancer in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ...
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Urban sociology is the sociological study of the various statistics among the population in cities. ...
External links - What are Urban Tribes? on http://www.urbantribes.net/
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