In the sociology of culture, a subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the values of the mainstream or dominant culture to which it belongs, often mai
A goth couple attending the Whitby Goth Weekend festival, dressed in typical Gothic Victorian and Elizabethan styles
Members of the seminal punk rock band Ramones wearing early punk fashion items such as Converse sneakers, black leather jackets, and blue jeans
Trekkies are a subculture of Star Trek fans.
Potato chip packages featuring hip hop subcultural designs in a case of mainstream commercial cultural merging
Goth is a music-based subculture that emerged from nightclubs such as the F Club and Batcave in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s, as well as gothic rock, a genre that evolved from British pos
Subculture
…Music-based subcultures are particularly vulnerable to this process; what may be considered subcultures at one stage in their histories – such as jazz, goth, punk, hip hop, and rave cultures – may represent mainstream taste within a short period. Even religious groups can be seen as subcultures. In his…
A woman dressed in goth style in June 2008
Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1980
Bauhaus—Live in concert, 3 February 2006
Lead singer and guitarist Robert Smith of the Cure