Trans-Global Punk Scenes: The Punk Reader Volume 2

While the punk scenes and subcultures of the late 1970s and early 1980s are well known and well documented, the proliferation of punk after the year 2000 has been far less studied. Picking up where The Punk Reader left off, Trans-Global Punk Scenes examines the global influence of punk in the new millennium, with a focus on punk demographics, the evolution of subcultural punk styles, and the notion of punk identity across cultural and geographic boundaries.

International in scope and analytical in perspective, the chapters offer insight into the dissemination of punk scenes and their form, structure, and contemporary cultural significance in New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Ireland, South Africa, Mexico, the UK, the US, Siberia, and the Philippines. 

Russ Bestley is a reader in graphic design and subcultures at the London College of Communication and editor of the journal Punk & Post-Punk.

Mike Dines is a British musician, writer, scholar, and publisher. He is a cofounder, and chair, of the Punk Scholars Network.

Alastair Gordon is a senior lecturer of media and communication at De Montfort University.

Paula Guerra is a researcher and professor of sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto and adjunct professor at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research in Australia.