Punk Culture in Contemporary China

Punk Culture in Contemporary China by Jian Xiao.

This book explores for the first time the punk phenomenon in contemporary China. As China has urbanised within the context of explosive economic growth and a closed political system, urban subcultures and phenomena of alienation and anomie have emerged, and yet, the political and economic difference...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xiao, Jian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ethnology—Asia.
Urban economics.
Cultural policy.
Asia—Politics and government.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: context, method and theoretical framework
  • 2. Punk in China: History, artefacts, and blogs
  • 3. The biographical approach: The story of a Chinese punk musician
  • 4. The path to punkhood, and being a punk
  • 5. Punk performance, hangouts, and alternative norms
  • 6. Boundaries and identity: Understanding online punk practices
  • 7. A comparison between Indonesian and Chinese punks: Resistance, hangouts, and DIY
  • 8. A comparison between Portuguese and Chinese punks: A genealogy, style and space
  • 9. Conclusion.

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