| LC control no. | sh2005006513 |
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| Topical heading | Straight-edge culture |
| Variant(s) | SXE (Straight-edge culture) |
| See also | Subculture |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2005028099: Haenfler, R. Straight edge, 2006. Wikipedia web site, viewed Sept. 26, 2005 (Straight edge, also know as SXE, is a lifestyle and subculture closely associated with punk or hardcore punk music, which advocates abstinence in relation to tobacco, alcohol, recreational drug use, and promiscuous sexual behavior ... Straight-edge can be viewed as a counter culture lifestyle option, or as a long term commitment to abstinence from illicit substances and promiscuous sex and observation of the precepts outlined above. There are various reasons why people choose to be straight-edge. Often the life-style is used as a 'stepping stone' to allow one to be more positively involved with one's own mental and physical health. Some straight-edgers do not use caffeine, or they choose to be vegetarian or vegan. Straight-edgers also have reservations about medication (particularly psychoactive drugs), which they generally eschew. Straight edge tends to involve abstinence from (particularly casual) sex.") Straightedgeonline.org web site, viewed Sept. 26, 2005 (philosophical offshoot of the punk movement, a reaction to the hedonism and self-destruction that characterised punk ... the only youth counter-culture to actively discourage drug use, alcohol use, and casual sex) Straight-edge.com web site, viewed Sept. 26, 2005: definition p. (straight-edge refers to a philosophy that promotes a drug-free lifestyle; developed as an offshoot of the punk rock/hardcore scenes of the early 1980's; term coined by Ian Mackaye while he was singer of the hardcore band Minor Threat) |
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