Examples of counterculture in the following topics:
-
- Counterculture is a term describing the values and norms of a cultural group that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day.
- Counterculture can also describe a group whose behavior deviates from the societal norm.
- Hippies became the largest countercultural group in the United States.
- The counterculture also had access to a media eager to present their concerns to a wider public.
- Apply the concept of counterculture to the rise and collapse of the US Hippie movement
-
- A counterculture is a subculture with the addition that some of its beliefs, values, or norms challenge or even contradict those of the main culture of which it is part.
- Examples of countercultures in the U.S. could include: the hippie movement of the 1960s, the green movement, polygamists, feminist groups, BDSM Communities, and LGBTQ communities.
- The woman and children in this photo are members of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or FLDS), which advocates the practice polygamy, making members part of a countercultural group (polygamy is illegal in the United States).
-
- Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.
-
- Greenwich Village is an example of a famous neighborhood in New York City known broadly for countercultural and artistic activities.