Punk Culture in Contemporary China

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-13-0976-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3019 g

This book explores for the first time the punk phenomenon in contemporary China. As China has urbanised within the context of explosive economic growth and a closed political system, urban subcultures and phenomena of alienation and anomie have emerged, and yet, the political and economic differences between China and western societies has ensured that these subcultures operate and are motivated by profoundly different structures. This book will be of interest to cultural historians, media studies and urban studies researchers, and (ex-) punk rockers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xiao, Jian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: context, method and theoretical framework.- 2. Punk in China: History, artefacts, and blogs.- 3. The biographical approach: The story of a Chinese punk musician.- 4. The path to punkhood, and being a punk.- 5. Punk performance, hangouts, and alternative norms.- 6. Boundaries and identity: Understanding online punk practices.- 7. A comparison between Indonesian and Chinese punks: Resistance, hangouts, and DIY.- 8. A comparison between Portuguese and Chinese punks: A genealogy, style and space.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Jian Xiao, with a PhD from Loughborough University, works at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. Her research interest is focused on media and cultural studies.