Knowra Subculture Subculture A group culture with practices and meanings that distinguish it from the wider society. Subcultures may form around shared identities, interests, occupations, or circumstances.
Culture : Shared meanings, practices, values, and symbols through which people organize social life. A subculture is a differentiated pattern within the broader culture.
Socialization : The process through which people learn the norms, values, and practices of a society or group. Participants learn a subculture’s conventions through contact with its members.
Chicago School (sociology) : A group of sociologists associated with the University of Chicago who studied urban life and social change. Its urban ethnographies helped establish early sociological approaches to group cultures.
Counterculture : A group or movement whose values and practices oppose dominant social norms. Countercultures explicitly challenge dominant values, while subcultures need not.
Social identity : The part of a person’s self-concept derived from membership in social groups. Group membership can shape how subcultural participants understand themselves.
Cultural transmission : The passage of learned beliefs, practices, and knowledge between people and generations. It carries subcultural styles and meanings across time and social networks.
Juvenile delinquency : Illegal or antisocial behavior by people below the age of legal adulthood. Early subculture theories often explained delinquent youth groups through shared norms.
Mainstream culture : The widely shared cultural patterns and institutions that hold social prominence. Subcultures are distinguished in relation to the wider culture, often called mainstream.
Group norm : A shared expectation about appropriate conduct within a social group. Distinct norms help mark a subculture’s practices apart from wider conventions.
Style (sociology) : A patterned way of presenting identity through dress, language, behavior, and cultural objects. Distinctive style can make subcultural affiliation publicly recognizable.
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