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Psychobilly : subcultural survival /

"Uses ethnographic research to follow the chronological development of the musical subculture of psychobilly over three decades, reading the genre and its devotees in relation to ideas such as gender, ethnicity, and apolitical resistance"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kattari, Kimberly, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2020.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : subcultural participation as a survival strategy
  • The development of psychobilly : carrying on the nonconformist legacy of rockabilly and punk
  • Carnivalesque events and transgressive performance : celebrating a counterhegemonic ideology
  • The power and pleasure of fantasizing about monsters, murderers, and madness
  • Male dominance and female empowerment : the complexities of gender and sexuality
  • The power, joy, and purpose of social and economic capital
  • Afterword : gatekeeping a subculture, or are the psychobilly police killing the scene?