SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Counterculture, Working Poor, Visible Minority

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Deviant subcultures: a system of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour and lifestyles of a social group that is somewhat distinct from yet nevertheless connected to, dominant culture. There is always overlap of dominant culture and subculture: in uence of anthropology. They reminded sociologists of immersion and documentation in natural setting . Only when you immerse yourself will you completely be able to understand things. For example, if one is studying street gangs, immerse yourself in the natural setting to get inside their heads and in their environment: in uence of durkheim. The core idea that was crucial to early sociology was that subcultures to him were seen as normal. Subcultures are normal because he stated that when you look at the subculture you can understand why and how they emerged. There are reasons for their existence: in uence of robert park. Gets the ball rolling by saying that the city is organic.