Punk rock based its appeal on the rejection of mainstream culture and its artifacts. It lost its nonconformist credibility once its symbols were sold in stores. This scenario is consistent with which concept?
A) normalization
B) legalization
C) overconformity
D) commercialization of deviance

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The concept that best describes this scenario is the commercialization of deviance, which refers to the process by which expressions of rebellion or nonconformity are transformed into commodities for sale in the mainstream marketplace. In the case of punk rock, the symbols and values that had been associated with the rejection of mainstream culture were eventually co-opted by the music industry and fashion retailers, leading to their widespread adoption by the very culture they had originally sought to challenge. This undermined the subversive character of punk rock and diluted its original message, thereby causing it to lose its nonconformist credibility.

Punk Rock Based Its Appeal on the Rejection of Mainstream