Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture

by Sharon M. Hannon

Overview

This history of the punk movement in the United States shows how punk music, fashion, art, and attitude clashed with and ultimately influenced mainstream culture.

Unlike other volumes on the punk era that focus on just the music—and primarily on British punk bands—Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture spans the full expanse of punk as it happened in the United States, from the late-1960s blast from Iggy Pop and the Stooges to the full explosion of punk in the mid 1970s to its next-generation resurgences and continuing aftershocks.

Punks covers it all—not just music, but the punk influence on film, fashion, media, and language. Readers will see how punk spread virally, through fan-created magazines, record labels, clubs, and radio stations, as well as how mainstream America reacted, then absorbed aspects of punk culture. The book includes interviews with key members of the punk subculture, including new conversations with people who participated in the punk scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798216134442
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/25/2009
Series:	Guides to Subcultures and Countercultures
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Sharon M. Hannon is a freelance writer, editor, and researcher who has written books, websites, and articles for the Library of Congress and PBS on such topics as women explorers, World War II, spies and secret agents, and American history.
Sharon M. Hannon is a freelance writer, editor, and researcher who has written books, websites, and articles for the Library of Congress and PBS on such topics as women explorers, World War II, spies and secret agents, and American history.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Timeline of Punk Subculture
Chapter One What Is Punk?
Chapter Two Punk Rock
Chapter Three Gathering Places: Fanzines, Performance Spaces, Radio Stations, and Record Stores
Chapter Four Punk Fashion and Art
Chapter Five Women in Punk
Chapter Six Punk in the Media: Newspapers, Television, and Movies
Chapter Seven Punk in the New Century
Punk Biographies
Primary Documents from the Punk Subculture
Glossary of Punk Slang
Ann otated Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

In Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture, local author Sharon M. Hannon provides as thorough and insightful a guide to this cultural phenomenon as you're likely to find. Part of a Greenwood Press series that also covered beatniks, hippies and skinheads, Punks serves as a primer to an influential but often misunderstood movement. For the uninitiated and adherents alike, this A to Z is a fascinating look at an American subculture.” —Hill Rag

“. . . a factually accurate textbook of sorts that touches upon all the important touchstones of what any self-respecting 'punk' would likely regard as crucial to the movement. . . . faithful and tidy representation of punk rock history.” —PunkNews.org

From the Publisher

Gr 8 Up—Bisbort begins with a time line associated with the Beatniks, and then follows with a series of articles about the subculture, profiling major figures of the period. Appendixes address the movement in movies, magazines, jokes, and "Precursors" and "Progeny" of the Beats. One chapter contains primary-source documents–mainly quotes. Punksfollows the same basic format. Both books have some photos but they are few and far between and are all black and white. While these titles are solid overviews of historical movements in American history, the information is available in other sources.—Diana Pierce, Leander High School, TX

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