SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Militia Organizations In The United States, Flower Child, Argot
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Many subcultures are less enduring (the flower children or hippies of the 1960s come to mind). Frequently, subcultures disappear because aspects of their adherents" beliefs, values, or use of material culture are adopted by members of the larger culture, thereby leveling the difference between what was once a subculture and its parent culture. To the degree that middle-class youth begin to adopt the clothing, mannerisms, and argot 7 of hip hop, for example, hip hop loses much of what sets it apart from the larger culture. In other cases, members of a subculture may take steps to level the differences between themselves and those of the larger culture. A counterculture is a special form of subculture. When members of a subculture hold values, share norms, or utilize material culture in ways that not only set them apart from the larger culture, but are perceived to threaten the parent culture, they have what"s called a counterculture.
