Editing Subculture (section)

==Identifying==
[[File:Ramones 30081980 10 800.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Members of the seminal [[punk rock]] band [[Ramones]] wearing early [[Punk fashion|punk fashion items]] such as [[Converse sneakers]], black [[leather jackets]], and blue [[jeans]]]]

The study of subcultures often consists of the study of symbolism attached to [[clothing]], [[music]], [[hairstyles]], [[jewellery]], and other visible affectations by members of subcultures, and also of the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture. Dick Hebdige writes that members of a subculture often signal their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style, which includes [[fashion]]s, {{wikt-lang|en|mannerisms}}, and [[argot]].<ref>Hebdige 1981</ref>

[[File:Star Trek uniforms.jpg|thumb|left|230px|[[Star Trek fandom|Trekkies]] are a subculture of ''[[Star Trek]]'' fans.]]
Subcultures can exist at all levels of organizations, highlighting the fact that there are multiple cultures or value combinations usually evident in any one organization that can complement but also compete with the overall organisational culture.<ref>Anheier, Helmut K., Stefan Toepler and Regina List, eds., ''International Encyclopedia of Civil Society'', (Springer, 2010)</ref> In some instances, subcultures have been legislated against, and their activities regulated or curtailed.<ref name="HallStuart">Hall, Stuart, Tony Jefferson, Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain (Routledge, 1993).</ref> British [[youth subculture]]s had been described as a moral problem that ought to be handled by the guardians of the dominant culture within the [[post-war consensus]].<ref name="HallStuart" />