Russia's Skinheads

Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-57596-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

Russia’s Skinheads: Exploring and Rethinking Subcultural Lives provides a thorough examination of the phenomenon of skinheads, explaining its nature and its significance, and assessing how far Russian skinhead subculture is the ‘lumpen’ end of the extreme nationalist ideological spectrum. There are large numbers of skinheads in Russia, responsible for a significant number of xenophobic attacks, including 97 deaths in 2008 alone, making this book relevant to Russian specialists as well as to sociologists of youth subculture. It provides a practical example of how to investigate youth subculture in depth over an extended period – in this case through empirical research following a specific group over six years – and goes on to argue that Russian skinhead subculture is not a direct import from the West, and that youth cultural practices should not be reduced to expressions of consumer choice. It presents an understanding of the Russian skinhead as a product of individuals’ whole, and evolving, lives, and thereby compels sociologists to rethink how they conceive the nature of subcultures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilkington, Hilary

Garifzianova, Al'Bina

Omel'Chenko, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Rethinking Skinhead Lives Hilary Pilkington Part 1: Growing Up in a Harsh Climate 2. The Weight of the Vorkuta Sky: Placing Youth Cultural Identities Hilary Pilkington 3. ‘At home I was a nobody’: The Roots (and Limits) of Skinhead Solidarity Elena Omel’chenko 4. ‘Upgrading’: Cultural Interests and Strategies Al’bina Garifzianova Part 2: The meaning(s) of skinhead 5. ‘Skinhead is a movement of action’: Ideology and Political Engagement Hilary Pilkington 6. ‘Any skinhead likes to fight’: Ritual, Racist and Symbolic Violence Hilary Pilkington 7. No Longer ‘on Parade’: Style and the Performance of Skinhead Hilary Pilkington 8. In search of Intimacy: Homosociality, Masculinity and the Body Elena Omel’chenko Part 3: Reflections on the Research Process 9. No Right to Remain Silent? In Search of Equality in the Field Elena Omel’chenko 10. Research Emotions: The View from the Other Side Al’bina Garifzianova 11. Does it Have to End in Tears? Reflexivity and Team-Based Ethnography Hilary Pilkington 12. Conclusion: Solidarity in Action Hilary Pilkington

Über Autor(innen)

Hilary Pilkington is former Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, and former Director of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. She is now a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester.

Elena Omel’chenko is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department of Sociology at the Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, and Director of the Scientific Research Centre Region, Ul’ianovsk.

Al’bina Garifzianova is a Senior Research Fellow at the Scientific Research Centre Region, Ul’ianovsk.