SIGNALS OF CULTURE: A RECAPITULATION

 

Within a few years of the motorcycle’s birth, the relationships between riders were forming friendly societies that coalesced into a greater fraternity. It had borrowed and created its own ideologies, art, media and jargonese language. Having had to close ranks to preserve itself from the influences of mass-society, it demonstrated a close-knit unification and strength. These elements of social structuring had recognisable patterns, comparable with those of contemporary Bikers.

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