Performing Punk

Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subcu

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Performing Punk

ERIK HANNERZ

PERFORMING PUNK

Copyright © Erik Hannerz, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-48591-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

ISBN 978-1-349-69514-0 ISBN 978-1-137-48592-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137485922 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hannerz, Erik. Performing punk / by Erik Hannerz. pages cm. —(Cultural sociology) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Punk culture. 2. Subculture. I. Title. HM646.H36 2015 306.1—dc23

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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: March 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For Sara, Milo, and Selma

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Contents Series Editor’s Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

1. Introduction

1

2. The Subcultural, the Mainstream, and the Authentic

13

3. Being Different: A Convex Subcultural Pattern

39

4. Becoming Free

55

5. Remaining Free and Different

67

6. Becoming Different: A Concave Subcultural Pattern

85

7. Collective Freedom

101

8. Doing It Ourselves

117

9. The Spatial Performance of Punk

135

10. Structuring the Subcultural

155

11. Subcultural Inclusion and Exclusion

175

12. Conclusion

191

References

201

Index

213

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Series Editor’s Preface What is Punk? Is it a music genre, a lifestyle, a countercultural movement, a subculture, or all of the above? After more than 40 years, the question remains open and controversial, not only for academics, but more importantly for those who identify themselves as Punk. With its celebrated origins in New York and London in the turbulent 1970s, Punk forcefully challenged accepted ideas about youth and politics. Its music and attitude provoked the establishment and counterculture alike. But after a raucous beginning, Punk was thought to be both self-destructive and easily absorbed into the mainstream, as contradictory as that may seem. Few would have predicted that Punk would still demand our attention in the second decade of the twenty-first century. As a result, the issue of what Punk is cannot be addressed apart