The search for authenticity: An exploration of an online skinhead newsgroup

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-294

  Campbell, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnography; Identity; Online community; Performativity; Race and racism; Skinheads

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644924610     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806059875     Document Type: Article

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