ISBN:
9780197534922
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (288 pages)
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Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Keywords:
Geschichte 1990-2000
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Punk Rock
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Punk rock music History and criticism
;
Rock music History and criticism 1991-2000
;
USA
Abstract:
At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire. Nazi skinheads were ejected from the punk scene; apathetic attitudes were challenged; women, Latino, and LGBTQ participants asserted their identities and perspectives within punk; the scene debated the virtues of maintaining DIY purity versus venturing into the musical mainstream; and punks participated in protest movements from animal rights to stopping the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal to shutting down the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting. Punk lyrics offered strident critiques of American empire, from its exploitation of the Third World to its warped social relations.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197534885.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197534885.001.0001
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