Pacis, J.C. (2012). Popping the K-pop Bubble: A Study on the
World of K-pop Fandom asa Subculture, Unpublished Undergraduate
Thesis, University of the Philippines Collegeof Mass
Communication.
The concept of subculture is a much-debated topic in the
scholarly world.Immense interest in the topic emerged from
theorists from the Birmingham CentreforCultural Studies in the
1970s, during the time when youth cultures started to becomemore
visible and different from the mainstream =adult culture. In the
introduction to the11first edition of The Subcultures Reader
(1997),
Sarah Thornton defined subcultures as?groups of people that have
something in common with each other (i.e. they shareaproblem, an
interest, a practice) which distinguishes them in a significant
wayfrom themembers of other social groups? (p. 1). Subcultures are
most often described asemerging
from the subordinate and oppressed sectors of society. Much of
what has been writtenabout subcultures describes them through their
distinctive styles, and how thesepracticesexist in opposition to a
dominant cultural ideology of the time.
