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A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. Culture is symbolic communication.
Counter Cultures can be seen as attempts to resist the imposition of the values, scripts, and programs of the dominant culture. Counter cultures though often initially revolutionary in intent are often absorbed into the Dominant Culture.The dominant culture is the culture of the dominant social grouping. It is not necessarily the culture of the majority (though it often is) but rather the culture of those who have the resources, assets, and means by which to control the cultural mileaux of a society.The dominant social groupings sphere of influence affects language, fashion, norms, values, behaving, and thinking.ounter Cultures can be seen as attempts to resist the imposition of the values, scripts, and programs of the dominant culture. Counter cultures though often initially revolutionary in intent are often absorbed into the Dominant Culture.