Kuhn, Gabriel
Sober Living for the Revolution Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics Elektronische Ressource - Online-Ressource (305 p.)
Description based upon print version of record
Cover; Praise for...; Table of Contents; Timeline; Introduction; Chapter 1: Bands; Chapter 2: Scenes; Chapter 3: Manifestos; Chapter 4: Reflections; Chapter 5: Perspectives; About the Editor; About PM Press; Friends of PM; Also from PM Press;.
Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the political-punk straight edge movement-which has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore subculture for more than 25 years-traces its history from 1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the record also defies common conceptions of straight edge's political legacy as being associated with self-righteous, macho posturing and conservative Puritanism. On the contrary, the movement has been linked to radical thought and action by the cou
9781604863437
Electronic books
HQ796 .S5595 2010
322.40973
Sober Living for the Revolution Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics Elektronische Ressource - Online-Ressource (305 p.)
Description based upon print version of record
Cover; Praise for...; Table of Contents; Timeline; Introduction; Chapter 1: Bands; Chapter 2: Scenes; Chapter 3: Manifestos; Chapter 4: Reflections; Chapter 5: Perspectives; About the Editor; About PM Press; Friends of PM; Also from PM Press;.
Examining the multigenerational impact of punk rock music, this international survey of the political-punk straight edge movement-which has persisted as a drug-free, hardcore subculture for more than 25 years-traces its history from 1980s Washington, DC, to today. Asserting that drugs are not necessarily rebellious and that not all rebels do them, the record also defies common conceptions of straight edge's political legacy as being associated with self-righteous, macho posturing and conservative Puritanism. On the contrary, the movement has been linked to radical thought and action by the cou
9781604863437
Electronic books
HQ796 .S5595 2010
322.40973