The Connected Lives Of Dutch Punks: Contesting Subcultural Boundaries (palgrave Studies In The History Of Subcultures And Popular Music)

This book is the first in-depth, ethnographic study of the Dutch punk scene. It questions the artificial boundaries of subcultural research, calling for a critical analysis of the distinctions drawn between subcultural and everyday lives, and between localised and globalised subcultures. The everyday experiences of punk are framed within the mobile and connected global subculture of which they are a part. It traces its emergence in the 1970s and its development through to 2010, with chapters that map Dutch punk historically and spatially. Further chapters explore the meanings and practices attached to punk by its participants before focusing in particular on the political affiliations of punks. This book argues for an approach to social research that recognises the 'messiness' and the 'connectedness' of punk and of the social world.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii The Connected Lives of Dutch Punks: Contesting Subcultural Boundaries (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 1-21 Theories of Punk and Subculture (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 23-59 Punk Lives On: Generations of Punk and Squatting in the Netherlands (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 61-101 Mobility and Connections: In and Beyond the Dutch Punk Scene (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 103-130 Punk Is... (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 131-163 Punks’ Wider Lives: Punks and Their Politics (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 165-202 Dutch Punk Lives: Contesting Subcultural Boundaries (Kirsty Lohman)....Pages 203-211 Back Matter ....Pages 213-227