Musical Scenes and Social Class : Debating Punk and Metal

Romain Garbaye

ISBN 10: 3031565088 / ISBN 13: 9783031565083

Published by Springer, 2025

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were often considered in the 1970s and 1980s as 'losers of globalization' despite the level of fragmentation of these scenes, the diversity of their audiences' backgrounds, and their constant evolution and re-invention. This volume aims to stimulate and contribute to debates on social class and economic and cultural change, on one side, and punk and metal, on the other, through international, contemporary and historical approaches, mainly focused on Britain and France.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Musical Scenes and Social Class : Debating Punk and Metal
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031565088
• ISBN 13: 9783031565083
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 15D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 336 grams

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Synopsis

Early analysts of both punk and metal have shown their continuing popularity for segments of the public who were often considered in the 1970s and 1980s as “losers of globalization” despite the level of fragmentation of these scenes, the diversity of their audiences’ backgrounds, and their constant evolution and re-invention. This volume aims to stimulate and contribute to debates on social class and economic and cultural change, on one side, and punk and metal, on the other, through international, contemporary and historical approaches, mainly focused on Britain and France.

About the Author

Romain Garbaye is Professor of British Studies at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. His research focuses on the history of immigration and citizenship in the United Kingdom, as well as on the history of British rock music.

Gérôme Guibert is Professor of Sociology at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. He is a popular music studies scholar and an ISMMS (International Society for Metal Music Studies) board Member.