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In this article a detailed description is given of the subculture of a group of socially-excluded boys in The Netherlands. The relevance of some classical theories on youth subculture is assessed for understanding the lifestyles of today's disadvantaged youth, especially in a developed welfare state. The subculture of the boys is not only an adaptation to their disadvantaged position, but is also an autonomous factor in its reproduction. However, whereas in the 1970s, according to Willis, the subculture of resistance prepared the lads for lower-class jobs, nowadays these boys derive their identity, hopes and masculinity mainly from industrial manual jobs of the past. Four factors are distinguished that are relevant to understand the boys' lifestyle choices: considerations of prestige among the boys, their relations with dominant institutions, the relations between the boys' age groups and the reactions of relevant adults to the behaviour of the boys.

'Hebdige's Subculture: The Meaning of Style is so important: complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige [...] is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads and punks.' - Rolling Stone ]]>

Cover -- Half-title -- Endorsements -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Arab Subcultures and the Paradox of Cultural Translation -- Arab subcultures: what is in the name? -- The epistemological pre-moment: translation between the experiential and conceptual -- Arab Cultural Studies continued -- The book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1 Hatha al-shibl min dhak al-asad: Would-be Arab Youth Studies and the Revival of 'Subculture' -- Pseudo-presentism and the historicisation of the revolution -- 'Subculture lite' and the politics of resistance -- Subcultures: the semiotic, ideological and quotidian -- Subcultures, countercultures and the problem of cultural translation -- Conclusion -- Beyond diasporic Arab Cultural Studies: towards a double critique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Hacking Rites: Recoding the Political in Contemporary Cultural Practices -- Wither commitment? -- Hacking rites -- Cultural production as a scandalous act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Just a Bunch of (Arab) Geeks? How a 'Techie' Elite Shaped a Digital Culture in the Arab Region and Contributed to the Making of the Arab Uprisings -- Introducing the 'Arab Techies' -- Reorienting the nexus between subcultures, class and globalisation -- How the Arab Techies developed their community and culture before 2011 -- Did the Arab Techies boost the 2011 uprisings? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Resisting 'Resistance': On Political Feeling in Arabic Rap Concerts -- Political activity: subjects and agency -- The discourse of depoliticisation: resistance and neoliberalism -- Political feeling -- Objection -- Confrontation -- Repetition -- Conclusion -- Rethinking subcultures through and after the Arab uprisings -- Notes -- Bibliography.

This article briefly describes the skinhead subculture, its history, components, characteristics, values, attitudes and norms. It also presents the various currents of the subculture, with an emphasis on the current apolitical trend within this subculture. The article discusses not only the skinhead subculture in England (its roots, development, etc.), but also the situation in the Czech Republic. The skinhead scene in the Czech Republic is characterised by disunity, caused by political orientation and the engagements of its various supporters, who identify either with: (a) the extreme right (National Socialism), (b) the traditional current (patriotism and the classic themes of the original skinhead subculture), or (c) the extreme left (Trotskyism, communism, and anarchist or 'autonomist' currents). It is difficult to establish how many skinheads there are in the Czech Republic today, but one estimate puts the figure at five thousand people when adding all currents together.

The present study reports into the effectiveness of an organized meditation program in controlling drug use among its members. Subjects were 230 young men and women from Canada. A ten-page self-report questionnaire *was used and only the data relating to drug use are presented here. It is seen that within 3 months of joining this group, 82% of cannabis users and 61% of psychedelic users stopped taking drugs. Very substantial reduction in use of alcohol and tobacco also took place. It has been hypothesized that the group meditation program, which possesses characteristics of a subculture rather than meditation practice per se, is responsible for this reduction in drug use.