Katie - Skinheads

Subculture - The meaning of Style
Dick HebdigePsychology Press, 1979


Here is a a sentence from the book that really grabbed my attention:


…we are interested in subculture – in the expressive forms and rituals of those subordinate groups – the teddy boys and mods and rockers, the skinheads and the punks – who are alternately dismissed, denounced and canonized; treated at different times as threats to public order and as harmless buffoons.


This idea of subcultures being a threat to public order is backed up by the photography in Nick Knights book - SKINHEAD. Some images are shown below.