TY - BOOK AU - Kuhn,Gabriel TI - Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics SN - 9781604863437 AV - HQ796 .S5595 2010 U1 - 322.40973 PY - 2010/// CY - Chicago PB - PM Press KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=485606 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gbv/detail.action?docID=485606 ER -