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biker1.docBIKERS CULTURE
Austin, D. Mark, Gagne Patricia, Orend Angela. Commodification and popular imagery of the biker in American culture: the journal of popular culture. 2010. Vol. 43(5). Pp.942-963
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The authors of this journal are writers of popular cultures. In this article they have written about the commodification of the biker culture in America. The bikers’ culture has an economic aspect. This article is relevant to this topic because it addresses the economic aspect of the bikers’ culture. The authors describe the commodification of motorbike culture and how it is trending. The culture has attracted investors who would wish to benefit from motorbikes because it has become very popular in America. This article is useful to this topic because it shows that biker culture is varied and that one aspect of the culture is that it has evolved and it is being used for economic purposes.
Barker, Thomas. Crimes of the Big Four Motorcycle Gangs. Journal of criminal justice. 2009. Vol. 37(2). Pp. 174-179
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< http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeejcjust/v_3a37_3ay_3a_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a174-179.htm >
The author of this article is a writer of criminal justice. He talks about the main gangs in motorbike culture. There are four main gangs in the world of the deviant group. This article is relevant to the topic because he is able to identify two groups of motorbike riders. The conventional and deviant groups are the two motorbike groups. He notes that the conventional groups are not involved in criminal activities This article is helpful to this topic because it tries to differentiate the two groups of motorbike riders.
Hopper, Colombus.B, Moore, Johnny. Hell on Wheels: The outlaw motorcycle gangs. Journal of American culture. Vol.6(2). 2004. Pp. 58-64
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< http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1542-734X.1983.0602_58.x/abstract >
These two authors, writers of the American culture, write about the motorbike culture. Their major focus is on motorbike gangs. They describe motorbike groups and their objectives. The authors of this article write about the outlaw motorbike gangs. This article is relevant to this paper because the two authors talk about the outlaw gangs in motorbike culture. They describe in detail about these outlaw gangs. This article is helpful to this topic because it relates motorbike culture with outlaw gangs.
