Publication: Romain Garbaye, Gérôme Guibert (eds.): Musical Scenes and Social Class Debating Punk and Metal
Romain Garbaye, Gérôme Guibert (eds.): Musical Scenes and Social Class Debating Punk and Metal
With contributions by : Charlène Benard, Andy R. Brown, Corentin Charbonnier, Guillaume Clément, Romain Garbaye, Deirdre Gilfedder, Gérôme Guibert, Tim Heron, David Hesmondhalgh, Rosemary Lucy Hill, Pierig Humeau, Molly Megson, Eric Smialek, Jeremy Tranmer
Summary : 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 Francea