Abstract
ABSTRACT This article explores the variable of emotion in the context of white-power music. First, it outlines and builds upon approaches to emotion offered through the lens of Social Movement Studies (SMS). After presenting a short overview of white-power music, the article then analyses emotion within the lyrics and musical-sonic elements of white-power movement music. Such analysis supports the idea that this distinct cultural form represents a dynamic amplifier to many of the emotion-based drivers that scholars suggest unfold in radicalization, such as social bonding and identity formation, quest for significance, and empowerment. The music of white-power, specifically racist skinhead bands, offers an insightful case study for elaborating upon the role of emotion within the broader field of extremism studies.
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