Bohemian
subculture
VERONIKA CECHLOVÁ
origins
The word ‚Bohemian‘ was originally used in France in the 19. century
Many young artists migrated to France at that time and moved to
the neighborhood of gypsy minorities
Those were known to be coming from Czech (former Bohemia)
Since then, the word bohemians is used to describe someone with
an untraditional lifestyle full of joy
More than one specified interest (like music sence etc.), bohemians
have similar characteristics of their nature
philosophy and nature
Energetic and very distinctive – the one fish floating against the stream
No ordinary
Open mided people
No homophobia or racism
They don‘t believe in marriage, patriarchism or byrocracy
They support liberal or even anarchatical political regimes
Opposite subculture to yuppies (young professional person working in a city)
Bring the best out of life (You only live once)
Lifestyle and features
No big planning of events, mostly let things flow
Manana attitude against responsibilities and activities that they
don‘t like
They are usually not very organised, people often see them as
chaotic and messy
Can be very devoted to their passion
Being associated with drugs and alcohol
They are sociable and spend most of their time with other
bohemians in a pub or party
Generally search for joyful moments
types of people
Artists, painters, musicians, photographers, actors, sculpturers..
People who need creativity to do their job
Many psychadelic moods of the bohemians result in their works
E.g. Painters often embody their vision when drunk or under the influence of
drugs
They search for inspiration in their adventure or love
fashion
Comfy clothes
Nothing posch and branded
No mainstream clothes
Prefer to wear more distinctive clothes from secondhands, small
markets etc.
Fashion is not one of their biggest interest
music
Depending on the region, bohemians listen to all sorts of different
music
Many festivals
E.g. spanish ‚bohemians‘ are associated with raggae
Czech ones listen rock
artists
Salvador Dalí
Mozart
Picasso
Gaudí
sources
http://procproto.cz/historie/bohem-%E2%80%93-umelec-tulak-nebocikan/
http://socialniteorie.cz/hipsteri-bohemska-etika-a-duch-flexibility/
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boh%C3%A9mstv%C3%AD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9fZqWmrdZU
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