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English
Intellect Books
15 October 2019
Series: Global Punk
Forty years after its inception, punk has gone global. The founding scenes in the United Kingdom and United States now have counterparts all around the world. Most, if not all, cities on the planet now have some variation of punk existing in their respective undergrounds, and long-standing scenes can be found in China, Japan, India, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Each scene, rather than adopting traditional interpretations of the punk filter, reflects national, regional, and local identities.

 

The first offering in Intellect’s new Global Punk series, The Punk Reader: Research Transmissions from the Local and the Global is the first edited volume to explore and critically interrogate punk culture in relation to contemporary, radicalized globalization. Documenting disparate international punk scenes, including Mexico, China, Malaysia, and Iran, The Punk Reader is a long-overdue addition to punk studies and a valuable resource for readers seeking to know more about the global influence of punk beyond the 1970s.
Edited by:   , , , ,
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 170mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   522g
ISBN:   9781789381290
ISBN 10:   1789381290
Series:   Global Punk
Pages:   328
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mike Dines is a lecturer of music at Middlesex University. Alastair Gordon is a senior lecturer of media and communication at De Montfort University, Leicester. Paula Guerra is professor of sociology at the University of Porto. Russ Bestley is reader in graphic design at London College of Communication.

Reviews for The Punk Reader: Research Transmissions from the Local and the Global

A serious reference and a good read. --Leonardo What this borderline scientific tome does is the examination of how punk relates to globalization and how it has contributed to how punk morphed from what it was to what it is perceived to be these days. --Scene Point Blank The examination of the scene in Groningen, Holland and their hunger for everything from Extreme Noise Terror to Dead Moon was an absorbing and refreshing read, as were the histories of scenes in Iran and Indonesia, too young to be infiltrated by scene politics. Over 40 years since all the filth and the fury, it's apparent punk means many different things to many different people. And like most cultures, you have to wade through a lot of bullshit in order to string together the definition which makes sense to you. Enjoy the trek and thank whatever deity you wish for such a predicament. --The Wire An insightful book. . . . To understand what it is to be punk in the 21st century, one has to become comfortable with double vision, looking at global cultural exchange while digging into local contexts. A group of scholars who, by and large, also identify as punks, have gathered their research into a book that embraces this double vision. . . . A valuable reference for anyone looking for granular details on certain scenes. Within its 300-plus pages, insights from many of the authors and their subjects reveal punk to be a constellation of values and trends that arises from many uneasy histories. . . . The Punk Reader encourages prudence on the part of the reader when it comes to evaluating a scene and offers many instances where there are multiple sides to the subculture's story. --Hyperallergic


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