Nostalgia, community and resistance: Counter-cultural politics in a Finnish skinzine.
Culture and community building are an essential part of the appeal of the far-right and fascist movements. Studying their cultural products is therefore important for a deeper understanding of the movement and their modus operandi. One elemental part of their culture are the so-called zines, small-s...
| Published in: | Journal of European Popular Culture Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 127 - 144 |
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Intellect Ltd.
Oct2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=139456670&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 139456670 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 20406134 90BD jtl: Journal of European Popular Culture issn: 20406134 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2019 vid: 10 iid: 2 pid: 12270 pub: Intellect Ltd. artinfo: ui: 139456670 10.1386/jepc_00005_1 ppf: 127 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 458KB tig: atl: Nostalgia, community and resistance: Counter-cultural politics in a Finnish skinzine. aug: au: Kotonen, Tommi affil: University of Jyväskylä su: Fascism Nostalgia Right-wing extremists Zines Communities Cultural studies Finland sug: subj: Finland Fascism Nostalgia Right-wing extremists Zines Communities Cultural studies keyword: counter-culture far-right fascism nostalgia resistance skinzines ab: Culture and community building are an essential part of the appeal of the far-right and fascist movements. Studying their cultural products is therefore important for a deeper understanding of the movement and their modus operandi. One elemental part of their culture are the so-called zines, small-scale do-it-yourself magazines intended for scene members. In certain respects, the far-right zines, skinzines, follow the forms and trends of other underground publications, especially punk-zines, with which they also share the resistance identity as stigmatized and marginalized actors. However, the political visions in skinzines are more or less opposite to 'democratic zines', creating certain tension between their political goals and the general media logic. In this article, I will explore a Finnish skinzine Ukonvasama and their community, analysing the efforts to build a nationalist movement and to mobilize support in relation to a retreat to nostalgic counter-culture they also promote. Ukonvasama is both a nostalgic project of former skinheads and a political project of far-right activists. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of European Popular Culture is the property of Intellect Ltd. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of European Popular Culture holder: Intellect Ltd. dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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