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Skinheads Shaved for Battle: A Cultural History of American Skinheads
Skinheads Shaved for Battle A Cultural History of American Skinheads Author:Jack B. Moore, Moore This book describes who American skinheads are, how they have developed within larger youth group scenes, the world of their ideas and activities, how they are or are not organized, the role of music in their formation and development, how they have been perceived by the media in America, and what damage they have done in American society. The a... more »uthor focuses mainly, although not exclusively, on the cultural history of the skinheads in America during the 1980s, which is roughly the first decade of their development, and suggests that while they were originally a minor distraction on the punk scene, they have grown into a dangerous and far more politically engaged source of hate thought and crime. After establishing in a general way the violent history of skinheads in America and suggesting why they have come to exist as a frightening threat to civil peace, the author reviews the English origins of the skinhead subculture, for although skinheads have disturbed society in most of the developed nations of Europe for some time, English skinheads set the style early for skinheads in America. The evolution of the skinhead culture in England is a fascinating one, and it illuminates the formation of hate groups both at home and abroad. The author examined both academic and non-academic literature produced in England that studied skinheads to reveal how their media presentation became an important part of their perceived image. What Americans wrote and thought about skinheads in part derived from their depiction in England.« less