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aeer-315	Perasović, Benjamin	Youth, Media, and Subculture in Post-Conflict Societies	2008	16	.pdf	application/pdf	10952	394	49	Thus, changes in the broader political system means that political activism is not so present as it was twenty years ago but remains alive in the form of the skinheads and other football fans who use the opportunity of the stadium to express their support for Croatian generals in Den Haag, or to emphasise nationalistic and ethnocentric, as well as anti-gay and similar values on the terraces. As part of this process they began experimenting with drugs, spray painting graffiti, paying attention to their outward appearance, which included adopting Bomber jacketsxviii By the 1980s, the core elements of football fan groups – those calling themselves hooligans – had developed a number of subcultural characteristics including: a strong sense of masculinity; an inclination towards hierarchy and leaders whilst retaining an emphasis on spontaneity and unpredictability; a preference for alcohol over all other drugs (see Plate 1); competitive practices and ritual confrontation; and the adoption of particular style attributes (see Plate 2), symbols and iconography as well as the use of material objects such as flares and smoke bombs.	cache/aeer-315.pdf	txt/aeer-315.txt