COUNTERCULTURESand changes [by their opposition to dominant
culture]. As Yinger (1977, p. 850) noted, ‘‘Eve-
ry society gets the countercultures it deserves,
for they do not simply contradict, they also ex-
press the situation from which they emerge....
Countercultures borrow from the dominant cul-
ture even as they oppose it.’’
(SEE ALSO: Alternative Lifestyles; Social Movements; Student
Movements)
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