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| In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture
is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden)
which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they
belong. If a particular subculture is characterized by a
systematic opposition to the dominant culture, it may be
described as a counterculture. As early as 1950, David Riesman
distinguished between a majority, "which passively accepted
commercially provided styles and meanings, and a 'subculture'
which actively sought a minority style ... and interpreted it in
accordance with subversive values". In his 1979 book Subculture
the Meaning of Style, Dick Hebdige argued that a subculture is a
subversion to normalcy. He wrote that subcultures can be
perceived as negative due to their nature of criticism to the
dominant societal standard. Hebdige argued that subcultures
bring together like-minded individu