任何群体,凡在某些方面与社会主导性文化的价值体系不同者,都被称为亚文化。亚文化产生的原因很多。从事不同职业的人形成不同的职业亚群体,各社会阶级常形成各自的亚世界,宗教群体有时拥有与主导性文化不同的价值体系。从某种意义上讲,这些群体各具有自己的价值观,而这些价值观则散布在种种主导性文化信仰之间。它们并不否定主导性文化,仅仅是忽视其某 Any group, which in some ways differs from the socially dominant culture of value, is called subculture. There are many reasons for subculture. People working in different occupations form different occupational subgroups, and all social classes often form their own sub-worlds. Religious groups sometimes have different value systems from the dominant ones. In a sense, these groups each have their own values, which are scattered among the dominant cultural beliefs. They do not negate the dominant culture, just ignore one