Overview

Punk Rock examines the history of punk rock in its totality. Punk became a way of thinking about the role of culture and community in modern life. Punks forged real alternatives to producing popular music and built community around their music. This punk counterpublic, forged in the late Cold War period, spanned the globe and has provided a viable cultural alternative to alienated young people over the years. This book starts with the rise of modernity and places the emergence of punk as a musical subculture into that longer historical narrative. It also reveals how punk itself became a contested terrain, as participants sought to imbue the production of music with greater meaning. It highlights all styles of punk and its wide variety of creators around the world, including from the LGBTQ+, feminist, and alternative communities. Punk was and remains a transnational phenomenon that influences music production and shapes our understanding of culture’s role in community building.

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Author:   Mindy Clegg
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438489377

ISBN 10:   1438489374
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Punk Rock and History 1. The Roots: Fashion, Art, Politics, and Music in Modernity: Nineteenth Century to 1970 The Rise of Capitalist Modernity Philosophical and Artistic Responses to Consumerist Modernity The Creation of Teenagers and Youth Cultures Popular Music and Youth Subcultures in the Cold War 2. From Proto-Punk to First-Wave Punk: 1970 to 1980 Art and Music Collide Critical Origins of a Genre Proto-Punk: Early Musical Influences on Punk First-Wave Punk Scenes 3. Second Wave: From Subculture to Underground Globalization: 1980 to 1990 Building the Translocal Underground Who's the Real Punk: Politics, Racism, and Other Ills Punk Panic 4. New Underground Scenes and the Rise of Alternative Music: 1990 to 2000 Riot Girl and Queercore: Make Punk Inclusive Again Alternative Nation The End of Punk Panic? 5. Punk in the Twenty-First Century: 2000 to 2021 Cyberpunks Postcolonial Punk? Conclusions: Will the ""Real"" Punk Rockers Please Stand Up? Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

Mindy Clegg's Punk Rock is a deeply researched, passionately written deep dive into punk and its subcultures, spanning from its origins to the far edges of postcolonial punk. Her book expands our understanding of the meaning of punk and its enduring power to give voice to the voiceless and is a must read for anyone interested in the complex intersections of punk, politics, identity, and power. - Nicholas Rombes, author of A Cultural Dictionary of Punk, 1974-1982

Author Information

Mindy L. Clegg teaches history at Perimeter College at Georgia State University.

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