Punk Sociology
Title | Punk Sociology PDF eBook |
Author | D. Beer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 89 |
Release | 2014-01-06 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1137371218 |
This book explores the possibility of drawing upon a punk ethos to inspire and invigorate sociology. It uses punk to think creatively about what sociology is and how it might be conducted and aims to fire the sociological imaginations of sociologists at any stage of their careers, from new students to established professors.
Punk Sociology
Title | Punk Sociology PDF eBook |
Author | D. Beer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2014-01-06 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1137371218 |
This book explores the possibility of drawing upon a punk ethos to inspire and invigorate sociology. It uses punk to think creatively about what sociology is and how it might be conducted and aims to fire the sociological imaginations of sociologists at any stage of their careers, from new students to established professors.
Straight Edge
Title | Straight Edge PDF eBook |
Author | Ross Haenfler |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2006-06-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0813539919 |
Straight edge is a clean-living youth movement that emerged from the punk rock subculture in the early 1980s. Its basic tenets promote a drug-free, tobacco-free, and sexually responsible lifestyle—tenets that, on the surface, seem counter to those typical of teenage rebellion. For many straight-edge kids, however, being clean and sober was (and still is) the ultimate expression of resistance—resistance to the consumerist and self-indulgent ethos that defines mainstream U.S. culture. In this first in-depth sociological analysis of the movement, Ross Haenfler follows the lives of dozens of straight-edge youths, showing how for these young men and women, and thousands of others worldwide, the adoption of the straight-edge doctrine as a way to better themselves evolved into a broader mission to improve the world in which they live. Straight edge used to signify a rejection of mind-altering substances and promiscuous sex, yet modern interpretations include a vegetarian (or vegan) diet and an increasing involvement in environmental and political issues. The narrative moves seamlessly between the author’s personal experiences and theoretical concerns, including how members of subcultures define “resistance,” the role of collective identity in social movements, how young men experience multiple masculinities in their quest to redefine manhood, and how young women establish their roles in subcultures. This book provides fresh perspectives on the meaning of resistance and identity in any subculture.
Punk Rock and the Politics of Place
Title | Punk Rock and the Politics of Place PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 343 |
Release | 2014-07-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1135022267 |
This book is an ethnographic investigation of punk subculture as well as a treatise on the importance of place: a location with both physical form and cultural meaning. Rather than examining punk as a "sound" or a "style" as many previous works have done, it investigates the places that the subculture occupies and the cultural practices tied to those spaces. Since social groups need spaces of their own to practice their way of life, this work relates punk values and practices to the forms of their built environments. As not all social groups have an equal ability to secure their own spaces, the book also explores the strategies punks use to maintain space and what happens when they fail to do so.
Pretty in Punk
Title | Pretty in Punk PDF eBook |
Author | Lauraine Leblanc |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780813526515 |
Discusses how young women use the punk subculture for empowerment and self-identification, constructing their own version of femininity from the ingredients of the style. The book is based in part on the author's own reminiscence of a punk girlhood, as well as interviews with 40 punk girls and women between the ages of 14 and 37 in a handful of cities throughout North America. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Performing Punk
Title | Performing Punk PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Hannerz |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2016-01-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137485922 |
Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture.
Punks and Skins United
Title | Punks and Skins United PDF eBook |
Author | Aimar Ventsel |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 193 |
Release | 2020-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1789208610 |
Germany has one of the liveliest and well-developed punk scenes in the world. However, punk in this country is not just a style-based music community. This book provides an anthropological examination of how punk reflects the larger changes and contradictions in post-reunification Germany, such as social segmentation, east-west tensions and local politics. Punk in eastern Germany is a reaction to the marginalization of the working class. As a cultural, social and economic niche, punks create their own controversial “substitute society” to compensate for their low status in mainstream society.