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Righteous sisterhood : the politics and power of an all-women's motorcycle club / Sarah L. Hoiland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoiland, Sarah L., 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women motorcyclists--United States.
- Women motorcyclists.
- Motorcycle clubs--United States.
- Motorcycle clubs.
- Motorcycling--Social aspects--United States.
- Motorcycling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 154 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2025.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The 1960s: the creation of the "all-American bogeyman"
- Women bikers and righteous sisters
- Methodology and authorship
- Biker semiotics and semantics
- Breakdown of the parts
- Citizenship in the biker nation
- A patching ceremony
- A brief history of RSMC
- Patches as sacred symbols
- A political community
- Bodies and structures
- Conclusion
- Becoming a righteous sister
- Spirit ride
- Theorizing righteous sisterhood
- Dreaming of righteous sisterhood
- Initiation, Marrying in
- Righteousness and the realm of action
- An awards ceremony
- Achieving arete
- The public space of appearances
- Gifts and the space of appearances
- From righteous sister to civil death
- A beginning and an ending
- "She's dead to me"
- Life changes
- Until death do us part
- Ex-ethnographer
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hoiland, Sarah L., 1978- Righteous sisterhood
- ISBN:
- 9781439925942
- 1439925941
- Publisher Number:
- 40032620035
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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