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      Identity, community and embodiment: Chopper’s tattoo tour

      Snell, Dave; Hodgetts, Darrin; McLeay, Colin
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      Snell, D., Hodgetts, D. & McLeay, C. (2011). Identity, Community and Embodiment: Chopper’s Tattoo Tour. The Australian Community Psychologist, 23(1), 7-22.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5470
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      Heavy Metal fans have a unique style of dress, music and interaction via which a sub-cultural community is formed and maintained. This article explores how this community is embodied through tattoos and the display of cultural symbols associated with the shared identity of Metallers. We employ the concept of metonym as a means of exploring the bodyscape of a particular Metaller and his interactions with others. The concept of the bodyscape is used to theorise links between community and identity as enacted at sub-cultural events.
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      2011
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      Journal Article
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      The Australian Psychological Society Ltd
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