Punk in Russia: Cultural mutation from the “useless” to the “moronic” (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series) - Softcover

Gololobov, Ivan; Pilkington, Hilary; Steinholt, Yngvar B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415788102 ISBN 13: 9780415788106

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Punk culture is currently having a revival worldwide and is poised to extend and mutate even more as youth unemployment and youth alienation increase in many countries of the world. In Russia, its power to have an impact and to shock is well illustrated by the state response to activist collective and punk band Pussy Riot. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the nature of punk culture in contemporary Russia. Drawing on interviews and observation, it explores the vibrant punk music scenes and the social relations underpinning them in three contrasting Russian cities. It relates punk to wider contemporary culture and uses the Russian example to discuss more generally what constitutes 'punk' today.

About this title

About the Author:

Ivan Gololobov is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK

Hilary Pilkington is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK

Yngvar B Steinholt is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Literature and Culture at Tromsǿ University, Norway

Review:

"We can confidently say that the ethnographies here support the general anthropological positions that culture is locally (in place and time) constructed, embodied, contested, and unstable, with no timeless 'essence' but only specific shifting formations. Bringing these insights to Russia and to music is a worthwhile task that scholars and students alike should find enlightening." Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0415788102
• ISBN 13: 9780415788106
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224