Biker Chicks: The Magnetic Attraction Of Women To Bad Boys & Motorbikes
ISBN: 9781741756951 - Paperback Edition Published in May 2009 by Allen & Unwin - 288 Pages
Synopsis:
The male-dominated world of bikers' clubs has long been shrouded in secrecy, but the role of women in these bastions of testosterone is even more mysterious. Popular images of scantily-clad females who are little more than slaves don't do justice to the rich history and culture of the many women who have chosen to ride with their men, or ride in their own right.
Ever since the first female motorcycle club formed in the 1930s (the 'Motor Maids') with their quaint white gloves and a flourish of colour on their jackets, women bikers have been turning heads. And yet today they are all but banned from joining the male clubs.
Biker Chicks brings together numerous personal stories and puts them into context with a thoroughly entertaining history. There's a detailed exploration into the forces and motivations that draw particular women to the bike scene, and on a wider scale, an analysis of what attracts both women and men to its Bad Boy' culture.
Biker Chicks is a unique and timely book offering rare and compelling insights into a world that mystifies - sometimes even terrifies - the outsider.
About The Authors:
Edward Winterhalder is an American television producer who has created programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide; an author who has written fifteen books about motorcycle clubs and outlaw biker culture that are published in the Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages; a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; a screenwriter; and former outlaw biker.
Winterhalder has produced documentaries, episodes and segments for television shows such as Living On The Edge, Gangland, Outlaw Bikers, Gang World, Iron Horses, Marked, Biker Chicz, One Percenters and Recon Commando: Vietnam; and is the originating executive producer of the Wild Ride In The Fast Lane, Heavy Duty Bikers, Quebec Biker War, My Daddy's An Outlaw Biker, Steel Horse Cowboys, Real American Bikers and Biker Chicz TV series.
A prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle club from 1997 to 2003 and associate from 1979 to 1996, he was instrumental is expanding the organization worldwide and was assigned to coordinate the assimilation of the Rock Machine into the Bandidos during the Quebec Biker War—a conflict that cost more than one-hundred and sixty people their lives.
Associated with motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers for almost thirty years, Winterhalder has been seen on Fox News (O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly & America's Newsroom), CNN, Bravo, Al Jazeera, BBC, ABC Nightline, MSNBC News Nation, Good Morning America, History Channel, Global, National Geographic, History Television, AB Groupe, and CBC.
Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Social Psychologist, Dr Art Veno has specialised in the study of the biker sub-culture in Australia and New Zealand for more than two decades. He is often called upon to serve as an international commentator for media events relating to bikers and the biker subculture.
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