草根一说,始于19世纪美国,彼时美国正浸于淘金狂潮,当时盛传,山脉土壤表层草根生长茂盛的地方,下面就蕴藏着黄金。后来“草根”一说引入社会学领域,被赋予了“基层民众”的内涵。草根文化,即是指相对主流文化、精英文化而言的大众文化或者平民文化。社会学家、民俗学家艾君对草根文化这样界定:“草根文化,属于一种在一定时期内由一些特殊的群体、在生活中形成的一种特殊的文化潮流现象,它实际是一种‘副文化、亚文化’现象。它具有平民文 According to grassroots roots, beginning in the 19th century in the United States, when the United States was immersed in a gold rush, it was rumored that the grassy roots of the mountain soil grew flourishingly, and gold was contained below. Later, ”grassroots “ said the introduction of the field of sociology, was given ”grass-roots people “ content. Grassroots culture refers to the mass culture or civilian culture relative to mainstream culture and elite culture. The sociologist and folklorist Ai Jun defines the grassroots culture as follows: ”Grassroots culture belongs to a special kind of cultural trend formed in life by some special groups within a certain period of time. It is actually a Kind of ’subculture, subculture’ phenomenon. It has a civilian culture