alleryStart learning →What separates a counterculture from an ordinary subculture?
AIt shares the larger culture's norms
BIt exists inside a larger society
CIt rejects the larger culture's norms
DIt forms around a shared interest
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It rejects the larger culture's norms
1. Both are smaller groups sitting inside a bigger culture.
2. A subculture operates relatively smoothly within the larger society.
3. A counterculture rejects some of the larger culture's norms and values.
4. It may even build its own rules and live outside the wider society altogether.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Culture", Ch 4 "Society and Social Interaction" and Ch 5 "Socialization", section 3.3 Pop Culture, Subculture, and Cultural Change_
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