The Subculture and Social Deviance
The term of "subculture" seems at least confusing. It seems to point, in a pejorative way to something "lower" than culture, to a hybrid form similar in many respects to kitsch as a pseudo-art, of bad quality, inferior to the veritable art. In reality, the subculture, is an expression of the great cultural diversity existent in any society and which emphasizes the identity of different social groups characterized by rules, values and lifestyles, alternative or different one from the other. If we were to define culture as a lifestyle, consisting of ways to do ,to be, and to think, in a very specific way belonging to a certain social group, different from other groups. The idea of subculture, is strongly connected to the idea of social strucuture, which is the assembly of social positions of individuals as members of same ethnic groups religions,or professional ones. These positions imply specific ways of expressing oneself, of interpreting the world, of giving it particular cultural meanings. This is how social structure determines the creation of different subcultures inside society. These subcultures are seen as products of some rul
Taking into account these examples of subcultures, and the consistence of elements defining a certain subculture, one can notice the process of socialising through which individuals learn the significance of these elements and assimilate the consciousness of belonging to a group. So, the term of "deviation" applied to certain subcultures is relative, because it is merely an expression of a certain normal behaviour, according to the rules and values that define it. From a sociological point of view, the term of subculture, points to the total number of rules and values and alternative or conflictive lifestyles which define marginalized groups, whose practices or atitudes contrast strongly to those of global society. Nowadays society, may be therefore, interpreted as a global entity where these subcultures are alternative ways of existing and expressing oneself, or as a dominant entity where these subcultures are simple expressions of structural inequity. However, the society of the 20thcentury, is a pluralist society where the "out-cast" subcultures meet and where, unfortunately, they are often seen as solutions for living, as reactions a
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