Bikers' community: meanings and signs

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos dalis / Part of the book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Bikers' community: meanings and signs
Authors:
In the Book:
Ethnic culture : traditions and innovations / editor-in-chief Romualdas Apanavičius. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2004. P. 133-140
Keywords:
LT
Kaunas. Kauno kraštas (Kaunas region); Lietuva (Lithuania); Rusija (Россия; Russia; Russia; Rossija; Rusijos Federacija; Rossijskaja Federacija); Postmodernizmas / Postmodernism; Subkultūra / Subculture.
Summary / Abstract:

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Baikeriai; Baikeris; Lietuvos jaunimo kultūra; Postmodernizmas; Rusijos motociklai; Subkultūra; Biker; Bikers; Lithuanian youth culture; Postmodernism; Russian motorbikes; Subculture.

ENThis article discusses the signs and meanings of bikers’ community in Lithuania. The following signs and meanings are distinguished and investigated: a Russian motorcycle, bikers’ lifestyle, slang, gatherings, and symbolic revolt. The article is based on the empiric research data gathered in Kaunas. The main objective is to research the identity signs and meanings of the bikers’ community. The subject is the subculture of bikers. Methods’, semi structural deep interview, conversation and participant observation. Results confirm hypothesis that the bikers’ community is heterogeneous, i.e. consists of the different groups of values. [From the publication]

Subject:
Etnologija / Ethnology
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