Reflective barriers

: liminal space as a metaphor for the interface between dominant and sub-culture

Abstract

Sub-cultures exist where there is a conflict between the needs or beliefs of a sub section of a culture and the dominant ideology. The dominant ideology, that is the ideology of those who hold hegemonic power, is so pervasive that it is eventually not even seen as an ideology, but as natural. Therefore anything contrary to the dominant ideology may be considered unnatural. ...

Date of Award	May 1998
Original language	English