SOCIOL 3GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alien Abduction, Subculture, Neo-Marxism
8 Mar 2019
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Rich popular culture now exist around alien stories. Given rise to vibrant and prolific subculture. Subculture important sociological concept: esp in studies of deviant behaviour. 2 types of traditions: american delinquency & gangs structural functionalism, british wc culture of resistance via style neo-marxist. Concept contested: has multiple meanings and definitions, term often confused w counterculture, hippies, punk, green movement, lgtq, term used liberally in 20th c but lacked clear definition. Early works focused on groups/gangs of youth: w presumed shared value systems and norms, terms group and subculture used interchangeably, adolescent subculture also used but left undefined, both approaches typify subcultures as antagonistic to larger subculture. Haenfler (2014) defined subculture as: relatively diffuse social subgroup recognizable by its non-normative values, beliefs, symbols, and activities, as well as its marginalization from or resistance to mainstream culture. Subcultures: are open and fluctuating, rarely closed, insulated, or clearly delineated.
