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Modern Subculture in China
Wenzeslaus Avelino Clayton
Raffles Design Institute
001GD010
Proof by Andy Lawrence
5 February 2013
Table of Content Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 4 Result ................................................................................................................. 5 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 11 References ................................................................................................................. 14 Appendix ................................................................................................................. 18
Introduction
In the society, people live in a certain behavior patterns and perceptions. These behavior patterns and perceptions are called by Culture (O’Neill, 2006). Within the mainstream culture, there are also small cultural groups. These small cultural groups usually exist below the mainstream culture or can be called as a subdivision of the main culture. In other word, this group can be called as Subculture.
Based on subculturelist.com on the review for theory of subculture in sociologist point of view, a subculture is a group of people with a culture, which differentiates them from the dominant culture in a society to which they belong. Some argue that the existence of subculture is a contradistinction to the society’s dominant culture, while others exist harmoniously within it (Buchanan, n.d.). In addition, she also mentioned that a subculture differs slightly from the dominant culture in a society.
There are so many variations of subculture in the world. A list of subcultures based on tvtropes.org are
Wenzeslaus Avelino Clayton
Raffles Design Institute
001GD010
Proof by Andy Lawrence
5 February 2013
Table of Content Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 4 Result ................................................................................................................. 5 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 11 References ................................................................................................................. 14 Appendix ................................................................................................................. 18
Introduction
In the society, people live in a certain behavior patterns and perceptions. These behavior patterns and perceptions are called by Culture (O’Neill, 2006). Within the mainstream culture, there are also small cultural groups. These small cultural groups usually exist below the mainstream culture or can be called as a subdivision of the main culture. In other word, this group can be called as Subculture.
Based on subculturelist.com on the review for theory of subculture in sociologist point of view, a subculture is a group of people with a culture, which differentiates them from the dominant culture in a society to which they belong. Some argue that the existence of subculture is a contradistinction to the society’s dominant culture, while others exist harmoniously within it (Buchanan, n.d.). In addition, she also mentioned that a subculture differs slightly from the dominant culture in a society.
There are so many variations of subculture in the world. A list of subcultures based on tvtropes.org are
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