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.
Table of Content
Introduction
The Punk Narrative Turned Upside Down: Research Transmissions from the Local to the Global
Russ Bestley, Mike Dines, Alastair ‘Gords’ Gordon & Paula Guerra
Chapter 1
Sell-out Bastards! Case-study Accounts of the Dilemmas of Authenticity in the UK/US Punk 1984-2001 and Beyond
Alastair ‘Gords’ Gordon
Chapter 2
‘Nothing Like the Rest of Holland’: The Groningen Punk Scene
Kirsty Lohman
Chapter 3
The Global and Local in Music Scenes: The Multiple Anchoring of Portuguese Punk
Augusto Santos Silva & Paula Guerra
Chapter 4
‘Crack in the System’. A Bottom-up Analysis of the Anarcho-Punk Movement in Mexico
Alice Poma & Tommaso Gravante
Chapter 5
One Struggle, One Fight, All Day, All Night: Punk Cartographies in the Subway of São Paulo
Paula Guerra & Débora Gomes
Chapter 6
Golfos, Punkis, Alternativos, Indignados: Subterranean Tradition of Youth (Spain, 1960-2015)
Carles Feixa & Paula Guerra
Chapter 7
Narratives of Transition Within a Subculture: A Case Study of Nomadic Punks
Edward Avery-Natale
Chapter 8
Powerviolence, or, How to Play Punk with a ‘Hammer’
Benjamin van Loon
Chapter 9
Making Do in ‘Weird’ Vancouver: DIY, Underground Venues and Documenting a Scene
Brian Fauteux
Chapter 10
‘We Just Make Music’: Deconstructing Notions of Authenticity in the Iranian DIY Underground
Theresa Steward
Chapter 11
‘DIY or Die’: Do It Yourself Production and the Struggle for an Autonomous Community in the Bandung Hardcore Punk Scene
Sean Martin-Iverson
Chapter 12
A Profane Existence?: DIY Culture, Sonic Extremism and Punk Identity in 21st Century in Malaysia
Marco Ferrarese
Chapter 13
The Punk Subculture in China
Jian Xiao
Index
About the author
Russ Bestley is reader in graphic design and subcultures at the London College of Communication, editor of the journal Punk & Post-Punk and co-editor of the Global Punk book series published by Intellect Books and the Punk Scholars Network. His research archive can be accessed at www.hitsvilleuk.com.
Contact: London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6SB, UK.
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