Socialization into Skinheads Subculture
Vol.13,No.1(2008)
School and Location
The paper deals with subculture as a topic in social pedagogy. Following investigations into subcultures undertaken by the Chicago School and by Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, it presents its own qualitative research of socialization into the subculture of skinheads based on interviews with seven informants. It identifies some factors o f socialization into the subculture, ranging from the micro-social to the macro-social dimension. It also deals with the life paths of the respondents, during which a noteworthy change occurred. Some specificities shared by life styles o f people living in the subculture are mentioned.
keywords: qualitative research, national resistance, right-wing extremism, skinheads, socialization, social deviance, subculture
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