Lexington Books
Pages: 274
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-1998-4 • Hardback • March 2016 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-4985-1999-1 • eBook • March 2016 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
Edward Avery-Natale is professor of sociology at Temple University
Prologue - A Personal Narrative: "Punk Rock Saved My Life"
Introduction - The Narrative Ethics of Anarcho-Punk
Chapter 1 - It's Not Your Typical Rebellion
Chapter 2 - Narratives of Entrance into Anarcho-Punk in Philadelphia
Chapter 3 - Physical and Sartorial Presentations of Resistance and Identification
Chapter 4 - The Ethics of Care and Notions of Pragmatic Political Support
Chapter 5 - Narrative of Race and Whiteness in Punk
Chapter 6 - The Dynamics of Gender and the Place of Women in the Scene
Chapter 7 - Philadelphia Punk: Subculture of Counter Culture
In this dense and interesting book, the author uses “anarcho-punk” as the empirical site in which to consider the relationship between ethics and (sub)cultural identity.
— American Journal of Sociology
This rich ethnographic account of Philadelphia’s anarcho-punk scene shows that even forty years on, punk can be more than music, style, and attitude. In the words of The Exploited, 'Punks not dead!' Beyond punk, the book shows how those who wish to do good, to be good, reconcile their ethics with actions that seemingly contradict their deeply held values—and how we might do better.
— Ross Haenfler, Grinnell College