The Punk Reader
Research Transmissions from the Local and the Global
Edited by Mike Dines, Alastair Gordon, Paula Guerra, Russ Bestley
Publication date:
15 August 2019Publisher
Intellect BooksDimensions:
244x170mm7x10"
ISBN-13: 9781789381290
Forty years after its inception, punk has gone global. The founding scenes in the United Kingdom and United States now have counterparts all around the world. Most, if not all, cities on the planet now have some variation of punk existing in their respective undergrounds, and long-standing scenes can be found in China, Japan, India, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Each scene, rather than adopting traditional interpretations of the punk filter, reflects national, regional and local identities.
The first offering in Intellect’s new Global Punk series, The Punk Reader: Research Transmissions from the Local and the Global is the first edited volume to explore and critically interrogate punk culture in relation to contemporary, radicalized globalization. Documenting disparate international punk scenes, including Mexico, China, Malaysia and Iran, The Punk Reader is a long-overdue addition to punk studies and a valuable resource for readers seeking to know more about the global influence of punk beyond the 1970s.
'The story of punk has long been told from the perspective of punk in the United Kingdom and the United States. The Punk Reader: Research Transmissions from the Local to the Global, edited by Russ Bestley, Mike Dines, Alastair ‘Gords’ Gordon and Paula Guerra , begins to crack that myth since, as described at the publisher’s website, this is indeed the first edited collection that looks at the influence of punk beyond the geographical constraints previously assigned to punk. Essays on this volume critically explore punk in essays covering the globe including Spain, China, Malaysia, Portugal, Holland and Mexico. [...] A great compilation of material about the global punk scene and the international network that has appeared since the 1980s.'