"Taking It Back, Making It Strong!": The Boundary Establishment And Maintenance Practices Of A Montréal Anti-Racist Skinhead Gang
Todd Ferguson
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Department of Sociology
McGill University
For the Completion of the Requirements for the Master of Arts Program
Final Draft &endash; September 25, 2002
Committee Members:
Dr. Lucia Benaquisto
Dr. Prue Rains
Research Supervisor:
Dr. Prue Rains
copyright 2002 Todd Ferguson. All rights reserved.
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A Brief History Of The Skinhead Subculture
Getting In; Participant Observation and Intensive Interviewing; Research Limitations
Youth Subcultures and Subculturization; Punk As A Gateway Subculture
Skinhead Bricolage, Skinhead Homology
Becoming A SHARP: Skinhead Factions, Factional Boundaires and Inter-Factional Interactions
Redskins and Anarchist Skins; Independent Skinheads; Traditional Skinheads; Fencewalkers and Racist Skinheads; Symbolic Interaction and Skinhead Factions
Types Of Violence: Random, Opportunistic Non-Factional Violence; Random, Opportunistic Intra-Factional Violence; The Violent Ritual: Organized, Collective Intra-Factional Violence
Violence, Impression Management and Impression Disruption
Conclusion: From SHARP To RASH