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391 Pages·1995·18.363 MB·English
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THE REBELS: A BROTHERHOOD OF OUTLAW BIKERS This page intentionally left blank Daniel R. Wolf THE REBELS: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London © University of Toronto Press 1991 Toronto Buffalo London Printed in Canada Reprinted 1991 Reprinted in paperback 1992, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2012 ISBN 0-8020-2724-5 (cloth) ISBN 0-8020-7363-8 (paper) Printed on acid-free paper Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Wolf, Daniel R., 1948-1999 The Rebels: a brotherhood of outlaw bikers Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8020-2724-5 (bound) ISBN 0-8020-7363^8 (pbk.) 1. Rebels Motorcycle Club. 2. Motorcycle gangs - Alberta. 3. Motorcycle gangs - Canada. 4. Subculture. 5. Deviant behaviour. I. Title. HV6491.C3W64 1991 302.3'4 C90-095849-9 The research funding for this book was provided by the following awards: Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship; Izaak Walton KJllam Memorial Scholarship; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Graduate Fellowship; and Province of Alberta Dissertation Fellowship. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Social Science Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and with assistance from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council under their block grant programs. Photo on front cover: courtesy Edmonton Journal To those Rebels who, like myself, are a little older now, but are still riding, still riding in the wind This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Part One / Freedom and Protest: The Seductive World of Biking 1 Introduction: Entering the World of the Outlaw 3 2 Biker: Building an Identity 30 Part Two / Becoming an Outlaw: The Group-Socialization Process 3 Friend of the Club: Forming Bonds of Brotherhood 65 4 Striker: Earning One's Colours 88 5 Initiate: Becoming a Patch Holder 110 Part Three / The Dynamics of Outlaw Sex and Gender 6 Women and the Outlaws 131 Part Four / Living in an Outlaw Biker's World 7 The Clubhouse: Patch-Holder Haven 165 8 The Club Bar: Booze, Borders, and Brawls 180 9 The Club Run: Brothers in the Wind 210 Part Five / Making It All Work: Economic and Political Realities 10 Outlaw Economics: Financing a Subculture 247 11 Political Organization: The Structure and Distribution of Power 271 12 Territoriality: Alliance, Invasion, Warfare 306 13 Conclusion: Retrospect and Prospect 339 Appendices A Motorcycle Club Constitutions 351 B Summary Guide and Activity Chart for Group Participation 361 Bibliography 365 Index 367 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Dr David E. Young as my mentor in psycho- logical anthropology, a fine and respected man who was always there as both a friend and scholar. A number of colleagues have read the manuscript at various stages and offered helpful comments and criticisms. Among them I would especially like to mention Dr Robert Stebbins, Dr David Smith, Dr Desmond Ellis, Dr Robert Prus, Dr Ruth Gruhn, Dr Regna Darnell, Dr Tony Fisher, Dr David Bai, Dr Thomas Fleming, Dr Richard Wills, Dr Louis Watson, Dr Augustine Brannigan, Dr William Shaffir, Dr Richard Brymer, and the whiz-kid of biotelem- etry, Dean Charles. There were many law-enforcement officers who recognized that my mandate was neither to condemn nor to glorify bikers, but to explain the world of outlaw bikerdom from an insider's perspective. Among those who both accepted and helped were Detective Andy D. Van Dusen (Intelligence unit, Calgary city police), Corporal Randy Marchand (Motorcycle coordinator, RCMP), Staff Sergeant Paul J. Shrive (Chief Instructor, Ontario Provincial Police), Detective Harvey Empter (Intelligence, Edmonton city police), Detective Brendan A. Kapuscinski (Special Strike Force, Calgary city police), and long-time buddy of mine Constable Phillip Haggart (Calgary city police). Deep and special thanks are due to Dr Patricia A. McCormack, who contributed hours of her superb editorial skills along with countless ideas and suggestions while we sat on the couch with her Alaskan Malamutes and munched on her unsurpassed blueberry pancakes. Finally, there is Iris, companion, who shared that which only she and I will ever know about, and without whom ... as an old saying goes.

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