Shane Greene

Punk and Revolution

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ISBN 13:
9780822362746
author:
Shane Greene
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Duke University Press Books
language:
English
Publication Year:
2016
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
15.2 x 1.5 x 22.1 cm
Genre:
Music, Stage & Screen, Music, Styles, Shane Greene,Punk and Revolution,Duke University Press Books,0822362740,Music & Dance,Peru - Politics and government - 1980-,Political violence - Peru - History - 20th century,Punk culture - Political aspects - P
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Punk and Revolution offers a fresh perspective on Peruvian reality by repositioning punk as a key element in the country's culture of subversive militancy. Inspired by José Carlos Mariátegui's Seven Interpretive Essays, Shane Greene explores punk's political aspirations and subcultural possibilities, complicating dominant narratives of Peru's conflict. Greene experiments with style and content, challenging traditional ethnographic approaches to uncover the intersections of gender, ethnicity, class, and authenticity in the Lima punk scene. Through a critical analysis of punk's aesthetic and material underproduction, Greene redefines how we think about the creative contours of punk subculture and anarchist praxis. By juxtaposing theoretical interventions from Debord, Benjamin, and Bakhtin, Greene fundamentally reorients our understanding of punk as a mode of revolutionary politics. This collection of seven essays provides a nuanced exploration of punk's role in shaping Peruvian reality.

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