Punks and skins united : identity, class and the economics of an eastern German subculture / Aimar Ventsel.

"Germany has one of the liveliest and well-developed punk scenes in the world. However, punk in this country is not just a style-based music community. This book provides an anthropological examination of how punk reflects the larger changes and contradictions in post-reunification Germany, such as...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Anthropology of Europe (Series) ; v. 5.
Main Author: Ventsel, Aimar (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Series:Anthropology of Europe (Series) ; v. 5.
Subjects:
Punk culture > Germany (East)
Post-communism > Germany (East)
Social classes > Germany (East)
Post-communism.
Punk culture.
Social classes.
Germany (East)
Physical Description:xiv, 179 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Transformation of East Germany: Wende and Socio-economic Framework for the Ossi-identity
  • Punk Rock
  • Living Music
  • Ostpunk
  • Arbeitslos und stolz! (Unemployed and Proud!)
  • One Law for Them, Another Law for Us: Punk Rock Moral Economy
  • Tolerated Illegality
  • Gender in Punk Rock
  • Punk Rock Territory
  • Construction of Enemies
  • Conclusion.