Cultures & Subcultures (Week 5)

In this blog, Iʼll discuss what subcultures are but we need to clear a few points before I begin discussing subcultures, such as, What is culture really? Culture in a broad sense is a way of life, the beliefs, rules and set principles that give meaning to one's way of living. It is the idea of that particular era or time that society once lived in which governed their thoughts and progression through their personal development (CrashCourse, 2017). And, according to the dictionary,

(Culture, n.d.) Pretty straightforward. Everyone in society has been brought up in some sort of culture. A living standard, if so. And, what is subculture?

(Subculture n.d.) Subculture was formed in the mid-1960s, The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) at the University of Birmingham where a research study was conducted and led by Richard Hoggart who deciphered the various youth subcultures (Grinnell College, 2016). It was common to see different subcultures such as bikers, punk-rockers, mods, hippies, etc (Taylor, 2019). Subculture does not necessarily disobey the norms of traditional culture but creates a culture based on preferences and personal ideas. It is meso-level subcommunity. It is neither a large group to be called its own culture neither is it small to ignore it, such as cheerleading or college students (Subculture vs counterculture, n.d.). It is enough to be labeled a subculture because of its inspiring ideas from a larger part of the mainstream culture, such as a cohesive belief and ideology. For example, how punk rockers think and understand the way of life or the peace and love symbolism that the hippies signify. However, counter-culture is the idea of opposing the very rules and methods of mainstream culture. As subculture can still hold on to its traditional mainstream cultures and methodology while forming newer sub-groups within society, counter-culture takes a toss signifying that the notions of society are incorrect and one must not follow them (Culture Worlds, n.d.). For examples, Hippies during the 1960ʼs which arose due to Americaʼs involved with the Vietnam. I believe culture is a part of our daily life, we grow up with our "national" culture, such as, me having an Indian-Hindu culture, while it make differ completely from an Indian-Muslim culture. One cannot really isolate themselves from a culture or subcultures, it is how we connect with society. I would go on an leap and say that the anti-social community or introverts are in itself a subculture of its own. REFERENCES: CrashCourse. (2017, May 22nd). Cultures, Subcultures, and Countercultures: Crash Course Sociology #11 [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV50AV7-Iwc

Culture Worlds. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/culture-worlds/

Culture. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture

Subculture vs counterculture. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/culture/v/subculture-vs-counterculture

Subculture. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/subculture

Taylor, J. (2019). Subcultural Style. Retrieved from https://moodle-dubai.axis.navitas.com/mod/page/view.php?id=142320 APPENDIX: Carr, R. (2015, July 25th). 7 Aspects of Culture [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2a9OP3_-U0

Chegg. (2016, March 23rd). Subculture | Sociology | Chegg Tutors [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_pBaW0I38

Chegg. (2016, March 29th). Counterculture | Sociology | Chegg Tutors [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0D73c6irE4

desoriente0. (2014, Oct 10th). Major Elements that Define Culture [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2tikGSu98

Eschete, R. (2016, Sep 6th). What is Culture? [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0IqjUlRzJ0

Gondez, S. (2014, Dec 4th). Subculture & Counterculture [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdHrz46XxJM

HamiltonLoveYourCity. (2012, Aug 31st). What is Culture? [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSCFxDKJWwo

Haug, E. (2014, March 29th). What is Culture? [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me2HlTQPS40

HBW33. (2017, Feb 2nd). OC 1: Subcultures & Countercultures [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMGeGViapxA

Henry, J. (2013, March 29th). What is Culture? [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dbaugeRh8

Herzog, A., Mitchell, J., & Soccio, L. (1999). Interrogating Subcultures. Retrieved from https://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture/issue2/introduction.htm

Hughes, M. (2015, Oct 28th). Subculture and Counterculture [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbm2JQU018Q

Moffitt, K. (n.d.). What Is Subculture? - Theories, Definition & Examples. Retrieved from https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-subculture-theories-definition-examples.html

Sajnani, M. (2015, Dec 15th). Subcultures [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9fZqWmrdZU

Stahl, G. (n.d.). Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory. Retrieved from http://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture/issue2/IVC-Subcultures/Geoff_Stahl.html

Subcultures: the diversity of meaning. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://meaningness.com/subcultures

Werner, A. (2016, Oct 24th). What is the difference between customs and traditions? [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PT29WBpLyM

Womanist Scholar. (2018, March 11th). Unit 1 Mini-Lecture: Intro to Cultural Studies [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9MhONotwQ