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.

Offers a unique and exhilarating contribution to the scholarship Asks what it means to define oneself as 'punk'

Autorentext

Erik Hannerz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Lund, University, Sweden. Hannerz' research interests include cultural sociology, subcultures, urban sociology, and ethnography. He is currently working on a project on graffiti writers' perception and use of space, and is a faculty fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. The Subcultural, the Mainstream, and the Authentic 3. Being Different: A Convex Subcultural Pattern 4. Becoming Free 5. Remaining Free and Different 6. Becoming Different: A Concave Subcultural Pattern 7. Collective Freedom 8. Doing it Ourselves 9. The Spatial Performance of Punk 10. Structuring the Subcultural 11. Subcultural Inclusion and Exclusion 12. Conclusion