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Sleazy riders: exploitation, "otherness," and transgression in the 1960s biker movie.(Critical Essay)
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Abstract: The author explores the nature, history, and significance of the wave of outlaw biker movies produced in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He argues that films such as The Wild Angels (1966) gave ambivalent treatment to the outlaw biker mythology. In some respects, the marauding motorcycle gang was presented as chilling evidence of a collapsing social order. In other respects, the biker movies reveled in their antiheroes' flouting of mainstream values, with an emphasis on transgressive difference that effectively effaced the divide between ...
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Martin Sexton: Seeds.(Sound recording review)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!
; ...being happy, like the first day of summer vacation. Another gospel song, Wild Angels, features Martin on funky syncopated piano and the hopeful theme that we are all wild angels who can change the world if we connect again with our childhood dreams...
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Angels WITH WINGS OF LEATHER.(Harley Owners Group of Elgin)
Magazine article from: Nursing Homes
; ...help others have brightened the lives of some profoundly disabled children and young adults Thanks to sensational Hollywood biker movies and the real-life antics of certain highly visible motorcycle gangs of the fifties and sixties, some people hold a dim view...
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The Big Book of Biker Flicks.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch
; ...the best motorcycle movies of all time. Black-and-white and a handful of color photographs illustrate the discussions of biker movies such as Angels Die Hard! , Werewolves on Wheels , Rebel Rousers . The reflections not only discuss plot and themes, but also...
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Peter Fonda. (interview with movie actor)(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview
; ...They crisscross to such an extent it makes you wonder how much acid Fonda dropped during his salad days - the days of The Wild Angels (1966), The Trip (1967), and Easy Rider (1969) - and the years he spent at sea during the '70s, although as he told me when...
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War bikes: motorcycles have played an enduring role in American military operations since the Army enlisted its first two-wheeled cycle before World War I.
Magazine article from: Soldiers Magazine
; ...biker. These riders were thrill seekers and were considered to be menaces by some. A biker stereotype became the basis for biker movies, magazines and even clothing lines, which resembled military uniforms. In the 1960s motorcycles were used by special forces...
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