Abstract
The Role of Fanzines in the (Re)production of Subcultural Capital. The Authenticity, Taste and Performance of “Coolness” in the Zines of the Subculture of Czech White Power Skinheads in the 1990s
Highlights
PROKŮPKOVÁ, Vendula: The Role of Fanzines in the (Re)production of Subcultural Capital
The Authenticity, Taste and Performance of “Coolness” in the Zines of the Subculture of Czech White Power Skinheads in the 1990s
Using the specific case of the subculture of the Czech White Power skinheads in the 1990s, the author has suggested three alternative angles of approaching the concept of subcultural capital in the study of fanzines
Summary
PROKŮPKOVÁ, Vendula: The Role of Fanzines in the (Re)production of Subcultural Capital. Taking a specific case of the subculture of the Czech “White Power skinheads” in the 1990s, this paper engages with the role of zines, zine-makers and other contributors (such as readers whose letters to the editors were published, or interviewees) in the (re)production of subcultural capital and the formation and reproduction of alternative hierarchies in the subcultural field. Using the specific case of the subculture of Czech “White Power skinheads”[5] in the 1990s, this paper engages with the role of zines, zine-makers and other contributors (such as readers whose letters to the editors were published, or interviewees) in the (re)production of subcultural capital and the formation and reproduction of alternative hierarchies in the subcultural field.[6] The author approaches in music, their consumption of common media and their preference for people with similar tastes to themselves”. Departing from the analysis of 1990s White Power skinhead fanzines, the author aims to suggest exemplary ways of approaching subcultural capital in the study of fanzines
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