The Western subcultures of the 20th century, the Punks, the Hippies etc, co-existed in stark contrast to mainstream homogeneous society. These subcultures, typically characterised by defiant forms of self expression, often challenged the status quo aesthetically, philosophically and politically. Many important factors contributed to this but notably, their origins were almost entirely location based and the forms of expression that subsequently sprung out of them, were nurtured in isolated ne...