2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96198What are the dynamics behind youth subcultures such as punk, hippie, or hip-hop cultures? How does the global dynamics of these subcultures relate to the individual's search for a personal identity? We propose a simple dynamical model to address these questions and find that only a few assumptions of the individual's behaviour are necessary to regenerate known features of youth culture.To appear in JASSSPhysics and SocietyModelling the dynamics of youth subculturestext