Abstract
This article is concerned with club membership of boys' comics during a 'tribal Britain' of the 1970s. As such, it illustrates how through the wearing of, for example, pin badges, not only was the consumption of a particular boys' comic made explicit, but that the readers' engagement with the notion of a violent 'tribal Britain' was entered into. Thus, this article draws a direct correlation between the reading of comics during a 1970s childhood and the adherence to gang-oriented youth subcultures during a 1980s adolescence.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 39 - 47 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Comic Art |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2008 |
Keywords
- boys’ comics
- gang membership
- british youth culture