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Author Pilkington, Hilary

Title Russia's Skinheads : Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
Series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Rethinking skinhead lives; Part 1: Growing up in a harsh climate; 2 The weight of the Vorkuta sky: Placing youth cultural identities; 3 'At home I was a nobody': The roots (and limits) of skinhead solidarity; 4 'Upgrading': Cultural interests and strategies; Part 2: The meaning(s) of skinhead; 5 'Skinhead is a movement of action': Ideology and political engagement; 6 'Any skinhead likes to fight': Ritual, racist and symbolic violence; 7 No longer 'on parade': Style and the performance of skinhead
8 In search of intimacy: Homosociality, masculinity and the bodyPart 3: Reflections on the research process; 9 No right to remain silent?: In search of equality in the field; 10 Research emotions: The view from the other side; 11 Does it have to end in tears?: Reflexivity and team-based ethnography; 12 Conclusion: Solidarity in action; Appendix 1: Parties and extra-parliamentary groupings; Appendix 2: Biographical character
Summary Suitable for both Russian specialists and for sociologists of youth subculture, this title examines the skinhead phenomenon, explaining its nature and its significance, and assessing how far Russian skinhead subculture is the 'lumpen' end of the extreme nationalist ideological spectrum
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Garifzianova, Al'bina
Omel'chenko, Elena
ISBN 9780203852743
0203852745
1282629727
9781282629721