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A group that borrows society's rules, then edits them until nobody else recognizes the draft.
means A smaller group within a larger society that shares its own distinct values, style, or practices while still existing inside the mainstream culture.
from Built straightforwardly from the Latin prefix 'sub-' (under, below) plus 'culture' (from 'colere,' to cultivate or tend). Sociologists adopted the term in the 20th century to describe groups growing beneath the surface of the dominant culture — not against it, just under it, cultivating their own strain.
- origin
- Term popularized by sociologists studying 1950s delinquent youth gangs
- irony
- Mainstream often sells subculture back to itself as merchandise
- lifespan
- Most dissolve once outsiders start copying the aesthetic
- core function
- Offers identity to people the main culture overlooked