subcultures
Subcultures
Culture plays a very important role in continuing values and norms of society. We know that people are different each other and our society also offers lots of opportunities for people to be creative. These creative people become a cultural subgroup outside the core of the dominant culture and they are called a subculture. A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates themselves from the larger culture to which they belong. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “subculture” is defined as "a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture." The study of subcultures often consists of the study of symbolism attached to clothing, music and other visible affectations by members of subcultures, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture. They are closely linked to ideology and mainstream. Music-based subcultures are particularly vulnerable to this process, and so what may be considered a subculture at one stage in its history may represent mainstream taste within a short period of time.
Several subcultures flourished and are flourishing today around the world. However, one of the most famous and influential subculture that has impacted UK in terms of beliefs, lifestyle, music, and art, has been Skinheads and Mods.
Skinheads (or shaved heads), are members of the subculture that originated in the 1960s in the working-class neighbourhoods of London, where they were closely attached to the Rude boys and the British Mods. They rejected the youthful counterculture movement and many skinheads were prone to violence, others viewed their subculture primarily as an expression of alternative values and communal solidarity and were more interested in parties, concerts, and sporting events than in violence. During the 1970s and ’80s the skinhead movement spread to North America, and western Europe,
Culture plays a very important role in continuing values and norms of society. We know that people are different each other and our society also offers lots of opportunities for people to be creative. These creative people become a cultural subgroup outside the core of the dominant culture and they are called a subculture. A subculture is a group of people within a culture that differentiates themselves from the larger culture to which they belong. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “subculture” is defined as "a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture." The study of subcultures often consists of the study of symbolism attached to clothing, music and other visible affectations by members of subcultures, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture. They are closely linked to ideology and mainstream. Music-based subcultures are particularly vulnerable to this process, and so what may be considered a subculture at one stage in its history may represent mainstream taste within a short period of time.
Several subcultures flourished and are flourishing today around the world. However, one of the most famous and influential subculture that has impacted UK in terms of beliefs, lifestyle, music, and art, has been Skinheads and Mods.
Skinheads (or shaved heads), are members of the subculture that originated in the 1960s in the working-class neighbourhoods of London, where they were closely attached to the Rude boys and the British Mods. They rejected the youthful counterculture movement and many skinheads were prone to violence, others viewed their subculture primarily as an expression of alternative values and communal solidarity and were more interested in parties, concerts, and sporting events than in violence. During the 1970s and ’80s the skinhead movement spread to North America, and western Europe,