This thesis is an analysis as to whether or not Subcultural Theory may be utilized to understand how self-identification is configured within a subculture such as rave. Typically, subcultural membership requires various performative rites that express and maintain a group sensibility and identity. Rave, however, is a subculture that involves a relationship to space and technology that changes the nature of group affiliation within the subculture. This thesis focuses on how a body immersed in subcultural practices, and organized around varying technologies, must look toward an analysis of individual and subjective adaptations of those technologies. In essence, rave allows for identification that is shaped and altered by the participant, but only at each moment of interaction with the technologies of the club. Highly individualistic, dynamic, and technology-driven, the rave subculture offers the potential to examine the body as the site for identification, and escape, within an abstracting technological world.

The skinhead subculture is a global phenomenon – like many other youth subcultures.. Thus, the research question arises – which features of a skinhead’s identity emerge in the local environment of the Lithuanian society, and in which manner? Is the identity of a Lithuanian skinhead exceptional? The aim of the research was to reveal the peculiarities of right-wing skinheads’ identity, the motivation for choosing such identity, and the character of skinheads’ social activity. The work is based on empirical material collected during 2004–2013. The methods included an in-depth interview, a questionnaire survey, an integrated observation, and collecting visual material (photo and video) revealing the expressions of the subculture. The visual material presented in skinheads’ Facebook accounts was analyzed. The study was conducted by applying the induction technique where issues and individual and group aspects of identity and behavior characteristic of the skinheads were obtained from the available data. The study showed that the ideas characteristic of Lithuanian right-wing skinhead ideology are patriotism, nationalism, racial nationalism, as well as racism and neo-Nazism. Masculine values – strength, courage, fortitude and physical resilience, and ability to defend one’s ideas with force – occupy an important position on the list of skinheads’ values. In addition to characteristic internationally used elements, Lithuanian skinheads’ subcultural style is complemented with local –... [to full text] / Skinhedų subkultūra, kaip ir daugelis kitų jaunimo subkultūrų, yra globalus reiškinys. Pastebėta, jog ši subkultūra reflektuoja lokalios visuomenės problemas. Kyla klausimas –kokie ir kaip skinhedo tapatybės bruožai atsiskleidžia lokalioje Lietuvos visuomenės aplinkoje? Šio Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti dešiniųjų skinhedų tapatybės bruožus, jos pasirinkimo priežastis ir skinhedų socialinio aktyvumo pobūdį. Tyrimas grindžiamas 2004 – 2013 m. surinkta empirine medžiaga. Buvo imami giluminiai interviu, pasitelktas klausimynas, integruotas stebėjimas; surinkta vaizdinė medžiaga, atskleidžianti subkultūros išraiškas (nuotraukos, filmai), analizuota socialinio tinklapio „Facebook“ paskyrose pateikta vizualinė medžiaga. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas indukciniu metodu, kai skinhedams būdingos problemos ir įvairūs jiems būdingi individualūs ir grupiniai tapatumo bei elgesio aspektai iškeliami iš duomenų. Tyrimas atskleidė, jog Lietuvos dešiniųjų skinhedų ideologijai būdingos patriotizmo, nacionalizmo, rasinio nacionalizmo, o taip pat rasizmo, neonacizmo idėjos. Svarbią reikšmę skinhedų vertybinėje skalėje užima maskulinistinės vertybės: jėga, drąsa, psichologinis ir fizinis tvirtumas, gebėjimas jėga apginti savo idėjas. Skinhedų subkultūrinis stilius be tarptautiniam stiliui būdingų elementų, Lietuvoje papildomas vietinės kilmės – nacionaliniais atributais. Visų trijų identiteto bruožų – ideologijos, maskulinistinių vertybių, ir skinhedų stiliaus visuma – apibūdina asmenį kaip dešiniosios... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

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Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-145). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.B.A.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-141). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Inaugural Dissertation (Ph. D.)--Universität Köln, 1976. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-171).

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 85-88).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-88). Also available in print.

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-181). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.