Youth subculture — A youth subculture is a youth based subculture with distinct styles, behaviours and interests. According to subculture theorists such as Dick Hebdige, members of a subculture often signal their membership by making distinctive and symbolic… … Wikipedia
Subculture — For the term in biology, see subculture (biology). For the song by New Order, see Sub culture (song). For the computer game by Criterion Studios, see Sub Culture. Sociology … Wikipedia
youth culture — noun young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture • Hypernyms: ↑subculture, ↑coevals, ↑contemporaries, ↑generation • Hyponyms: ↑hip hop, ↑youth subculture * * * youth culture UK US … Useful english dictionary
subculture — UK [ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃə(r)] / US [ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃər] noun [countable] Word forms subculture : singular subculture plural subcultures a group of people whose beliefs and ways of behaving make them different from the rest of society Pop music is an important… … English dictionary
subculture — sub|cul|ture [ sʌb,kʌltʃər ] noun count a group of people whose beliefs and ways of behaving make them different from the rest of society: Pop music is an important part of the youth subculture … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
subculture — Widely and broadly used, the core idea of subcultural theory is of the formation of subcultures as a collective solution to, or resolution of, problems arising from the blocked aspirations of members, or their ambiguous position in the wider… … Dictionary of sociology
youth — noun 1 period of your life when you are young ADJECTIVE ▪ early ▪ lost ▪ nostalgia for her lost youth ▪ misspent (often humorous) ▪ His lack … Collocations dictionary
subculture — [[t]sʌ̱bkʌltʃə(r)[/t]] subcultures also sub culture N COUNT: usu with supp A subculture is the ideas, art, and way of life of a group of people within a society, which are different from the ideas, art, and way of life of the rest of the society … English dictionary
youth culture — Strictly speaking a subculture , the subject of an influential debate between (mainly) functionalist writers and their critics. Youth cultures are explained either by factors in the experience of adolescence , or by the manipulation of young… … Dictionary of sociology
Youth International Party — The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a highly theatrical and anti authoritarian political party established in the United States in 1967. An offshoot of the free speech and anti war movements of the 1960s … Wikipedia