Authentic identities: Straightedge subculture, music, and the internet

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-200

  Williams, J Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Identity; Internet; Scene; Straightedge; Subculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644626233     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241605285100     Document Type: Article

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