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Erik Hannerz

Erik Hannerz

Associate senior lecturer

Erik Hannerz

Performing Punk

Author

  • Erik Hannerz

Summary, in English

Arguing against the presumption that subcultural meaning constitutes a single set of meaning, Hannerz addresses how punks draw upon plural definitions of the mainstream and notions of subcultural authenticity. Drawing from an exceptionally rich fieldwork in Sweden and Indonesia, Hannerz demonstrates that how, where, and against what, punk style and identification are structured and lived comes down to how the mainstream is positioned. Outlining how different subcultural patterns of meanings are spatially and symbolically interrelated, Hannerz concludes that subcultural plurality constitutes a fundamental aspect of subcultural establishment, performance, and change, rather than a sign of deviations from a single subcultural authenticity.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Publication/Series

Cultural Sociology

Document type

Book

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • Punk
  • Subculture
  • Mainstream
  • Authenticity
  • Identity
  • Music
  • Sociology
  • Cultural Sociology
  • Ethnography
  • Anthropology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781137485915