How Is a Subculture Different from a Counterculture

question 103

Multiple Choice

How is a subculture different from a counterculture?

• A) Members of a subculture actively protest and fight to change society, while members of a counterculture drop out of society.
• B) Both are distinct from mainstream culture, but only members of a subculture actively oppose important aspects of mainstream culture.
• C) Subcultures are always smaller than countercultures.
• D) Both are distinct from mainstream culture, but a counterculture actively opposes important aspects of the mainstream.
• E) Subcultures are not culturally distinct from the mainstream; they just occupy a particular geographic area.

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Definitions:

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