Punks

A Guide to an American Subculture

Sharon M. Hannon

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780313364563
• eBook ISBN: 9780313364570
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Modern History
• Index: Social Sciences

This history of the punk movement in the United States shows how punk music, fashion, art, and attitude clashed with and ultimately influenced mainstream culture. Unlike other volumes on the punk era that focus on just the music—and primarily on British punk bands— Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture spans the full expanse of punk as it happened in the United States, from the late-1960s blast from Iggy Pop and the Stooges to the full explosion of punk in the mid 1970s to its next-generation resurgences and continuing aftershocks. Punks covers it all—not just music, but the punk influence on film, fashion, media, and language. Readers will see how punk spread virally, through fan-created magazines, record labels, clubs, and radio stations, as well as how mainstream America reacted, then absorbed aspects of punk culture. The book includes interviews with key members of the punk subculture, including new conversations with people who participated in the punk scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Series Foreword
• Preface
• Timeline of Punk Subculture
• CHAPTER ONE What Is Punk?
• CHAPTER TWO Punk Rock
• CHAPTER THREE Gathering Places: Fanzines, Performance Spaces, Radio Stations, and Record Stores
• CHAPTER FOUR Punk Fashion and Art
• CHAPTER FIVE Women in Punk
• CHAPTER SIX Punk in the Media: Newspapers, Television, and Movies
• CHAPTER SEVEN Punk in the New Century
• Punk Biographies
• Primary Documents from thePunk Subculture
• Glossary of Punk Slang
• Annotated Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author