Kontakt 2011, 13(4):470-477 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.051

Hardbass as a masculine ritual: introduction to problemsHealth and Social Sciences - Review

Josef Smolík1, Alena Kajanová2,*
1 Masarykova univerzita, Fakulta sociálních studií, katedra politologie, oddělení bezpečnostních a strategických studií
2 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce

The contribution presented here is aimed at a relatively new phenomenon in the environment of youth subcultures and styles of life - hardbass. It is to state that hardbass - at least partially - is practicized by streams of youth subcultures, which are associated with neonacism or sympathizing with extreme right ideas. Hardbass is thus a further element taken over by the extreme right from the extreme left environment. Visually, this is a dance with electronic music and prevalently Russian texts (by way of analogy to taking over hardbass as a style into Czech Republic from eastern countries) in public areas, such as squares, parks, streets and also shopping centres or restaurants. In the expression of dancers or interprets, there is not only the ideological element, but also elements related to the masculinity and in general to the perception of the body.
The target of the article is to describe a new phenomenon on the one hand with the help of theoretical concepts related to general theories of youth subcultures and furthermore based on our own analysis of video records of performances of fans of the hardbass from particular Czech regions. The article describes the post-subcultural attitude in social sciences, delimits hardbass particularly as a specific manifestation of extreme right skinheads and football hooligans (but it shows that the hardbass or some of its components can present a quite different entity) and defines main elements of the hardbass (masculinity, perception of the body, ideology, etc.). It also presents a discussion of the field of medial presentation of this dance manifestation with taking into account mass media as well as the production and presentation itself of the style by its members and sympathisers and also relationship to the safety in public areas in association with the fact that the phenomenon is subjected to monitoring by the Safety Information Service. The authors also mention the concept of moral panic, which is quite characteristic for similar activities.

Keywords: skinheads; football hooligans; hardbass; violence; moral panic

Received: July 7, 2011; Accepted: October 4, 2011; Published: December 16, 2011  Show citation

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Smolík J, Kajanová A. Hardbass as a masculine ritual: introduction to problems. Kontakt. 2011;13(4):470-477. doi: 10.32725/kont.2011.051.
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