what is a subculture? / by tyler galloway

as defined by the class…

Has to have a parent culture, Nested within and more specific than the parent culture
Can have multiple levels of “nesting”


Points of differentiation or Confidentiality: in vs out
- Language: “fish” in drag culture
- Fashion / makeup
- Music
- age
- Material culture – objects
- Location: may depend on where you live [surfers, rock climbers, safari, skiiers]. Or a gathering place or neighborhood / pilgrimage

“Clumping together”

Time of day / year / seasons or era in time [origin of the subculture, high point, evolution, etc]


a wikipedia article about subcultures


what is a subculture” from grinnell college. scroll to the section titled “characteristics of subcultures”. looks like you all identified a good number of the right things! way to go! there is a lot of interesting and detailed info in this section though. worth a read.