Biker Subculture

They were influence by rock and roll music similar as Punk. They were seen wearing leather jackets, motorcycle boots, white or black t-shirts, black leather gloves, chain wallets and with a pair of black and blue jeans. The leather jackets had been an icon of the greaser youth culture and also were known as “motorcycle gang

Art is a particular form of social consciousness and of human activities, an important way for people to perceive, discover and improve life: according to the laws of beauty. It is the creation of tangible or intangible products containing great values of thought-aesthetics, cultural character, and emotions. In this sense, there are numerous types of art. Painting is one of the oldest forms of art on earth. From prehistoric times, artists not only used it to communicate, but they also used painting to entertain the viewers. Painting can be transformed, eliminating the tedium, fatigue, and stress in daily tasks to bring the joy. Fun in life or silence for the soul. In other words, painting is a language that communicates an artist 's ideas

Other than goths I think a subculture that really stands out in our culture is the subculture deemed as redneck, I am not certain what the exact title of this subculture is or should be because it can be pretty diverse. I was raised in a small farming and mining town so I have seen firsthand how diverse red necks can be; a redneck can be anything from a dignified rancher to a back woods, alligator wraslin’[sic], moon shine drinking, hillbilly. Webster defines rednecks as, “a white person who lives in a small town or in the country especially in the southern U.S., who typically has a working-class job, and who is seen by others as being uneducated and having opinions and attitudes that are offensive.”(Webster,2016) I think as a general consensus

Much to some people’s surprise, most bikers are just everyday folk who enjoy a different mode of transport. The belief that all bikers are outlaws stems from the fact that the media only covers the bad of the biker community. Fox News would rather cover how outlaw motorcycle clubs kill each other instead of covering how some motorcycle clubs do multiple charity runs and events for children per year. This in turn makes the entire community look bad when the public is only being presented with the negative side of the culture. A study done many years ago stated that ninety-nine percent of bikers are law abiding citizens, with only one percent engaging in criminal activity. These bikers can often be found wearing “1%” patches on their clothing, signifying themselves as part of the outlaw community. At the end of the day, the biker community is like any other community, you have a small percentage of bad guys and a majority of good

A subculture is an offshoot of referential cultural but in essence very different from culture. The term subculture is commonly employed to signify shared systems of common values, norms and interests that distinguish certain people and societies from others. Thus, criminal or delinquent subcultures indicate systems of standards, morals and interests that endorse criminal or delinquent behavior. The numerous activities categorized in law as criminal are related to numerous delinquent subcultures. The standards, morals, or interests of these subcultures might back specific criminal acts, a restricted set of such actions (Anderson 1999). Trained criminals for instance are proud of their craft; manage their profession in order to keep them safe and their business proficient and usually stay away from other criminal involvement that might bring them to legal light. However, not all criminal subcultures that well organized. A number of are merely opportunistic, accepting several kinds of criminal behavior as opportunities come up. Hence specialization is rare in delinquent subcultures.

Today’s topic of discussion is subcultures and I have chosen to talk about the subculture of the Ironman Triathlete. Ironman is an ultra-endurance distance triathlon with a 2.4-mile swim followed by a 112-mile bike and finally a 26.2 mile run all completed in the same day. It’s a 140.6-mile triathlon race with its own unique subculture. The Ironman subculture revolves around social interactions. While the race is an individual effort its camaraderie is was drives individuals to join triathlon clubs for training opportunities with like-minded people. Social networks within the triathlon club is used for an acquisition of knowledge on such topics as nutrition, hydration, bike maintenance, and medical/ advice...etc. As a subculture, they not only believe in passing along knowledge within the local group they volunteer at races to help advance the sport and the local race directors.

Organized crime has many relationships that go along with the group. For the sake of the assignment, I will be discussing the organized crime of biker gangs or rather “clubs”. There are many different relationships dealing with biker gangs, both in and out of the gang. Many people see them as a nuisance, while others see them as kind of a group of Robin Hoods.

In 2013, an altercation between outlaw motorcycles gangs the Bandidos and the Finks outside of Aura Tapas and Lounge Bar in Broadbeach, Gold Coast prompted the Liberal Government to pursue reform. This came in the form of three acts passed by Queensland parliament which are “The Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act, The Tattoo Parlours Act and The Criminal Law (Criminal Laws Disruption) Amendment Act”[1]. The concerns regarding these acts passed by the Liberal Government are that they could be breaching people’s human rights with the Acts targeting specific people based on their acquaintances instead of something that they have done. These apprehensions have been mentioned by Commision President, Professor Gillian Triggs who has

This paper is basically going to look into the subculture of bodybuilding. The field site will be the local gym where those who are involved in bodybuilding do train. In most cases, I do interact with the trainees at the local gym and therefore this is indeed a strategic fit for my research as the environment presumably is friendly. Consequently, these are people who I have interacted with before and as such they are very friendly. This would really provide me with an ample time so that I could undertake my research in the best possible way.

The group members often get tattoos with their “Juggalo names” and other Juggalo tattoos. They also wear face paint to look like scary clowns, usually black and white to emulate the Insane Clown posse’s style. Their

The spread of gangs and their culture is a big issue in America today. Based off of what I read in the article “America’s Biker Gangs,” by The Week Staff, one of the conclusions I’ve come to on why gangs continue to exist is because of psychological damage from war. “For the thousands of military veterans who were struggling to readjust to life back in the U.S., starting a biker club represented an innocent way to recapture the camaraderie they’d experienced in the war.” Learning that biker gangs were originated by a group of war veterans was very odd to read about at first. I would have expected biker gangs to be formed by people who are more troubled in terms of their personality and aggression. After thinking constantly on how could military

Subculture refers to a minority of individuals who adhere to different rules, dress codes and lifestyle choices from mainstream culture. Throughout this essay the traditional definitions of subcultures, that mainly concentrate on class and style as their main features, will be looked at and explained. It will then be demonstrated how these ways of thinking are no longer relevant to the 21st century therefore the term 'subculture ' needs to be rethought for it to be an applicable category in the 21st century.

Leather wearing gun slinging hoodlums are misjudged and called Harley bikers. Nowadays people are quick to judge a book by its cover. There are so many groups in our society and more yet to come. The only problem with having many different groups is that most of them have common characteristics and can be easily misjudged. With the growing population comes more chances of groups getting mixed up and misjudged. All groups carry around stereotypes and misconceptions. Stereotypes are a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing and a misconception is a mistaken thought, idea, or notion. Bikers have been given a bad reputation due to their pasts and certain ways media has portrayed them, but the bikers today have nothing to do with the ones in the past.6

Since the founding of Harley-Davidson in 1903 by Arthur and Walter Davidson and William Harley, the company has a rich heritage and a loyal following. The company has proven to be resilient and innovative throughout the years. They have made their fair share of mistakes, especially while under the ownership of AMF, whose decisions almost destroyed Harley-Davidson. They have also made an inspiring come back, recapturing their share of the market and more. Harley-Davidson has managed to attract all sorts of riders including motorcycle “rebels”, women and blue and white color workers. In fact, in our church small group there are two

Increase of sales and the growth in the industry resulted to creation to motorcycle clubs as well as rallies were established. Unfortunately, lewd behavior exhibited by many people linked to the motorcycle clubs and rallies, had an image of being messy and raucous. This gave the bikers a terrible reputation. The image of Harley-Davidson was negatively affected because of the Hells Angels. All of these factors combined resulted to a sharp decline lead in demand and purchase of the motorcycles throughout the whole industry in the 1970's.The motorcycle industry provides products, which are often viewed as luxuries or desires rather than necessities. In regard to Harley-Davidson many motorcycle owners bought their bikes as a second vehicle, to use often