Lauraine Leblanc

Pretty in Punk

Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture

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Produktbeschreibung

What attracts girls to male-dominated youth subcultures like the punk movement? How do girls reconcile a subcultural identity that is deliberately coded masculine with the demands of femininity? This work is an insider's view of the ways punk girls resist gender roles and create strong identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780813526515
• ISBN-10: 0813526515
• Artikelnr.: 21024434

Autorenporträt

Leblanc, Lauraine

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations and Table
Acknowledgments
"Not My Alma Mater": A Vitriolic Prologue
1. "The Punk Girl Thing": Introductions
2. "Punk's Not Dead--It Just Smells That Way": Punk to Hardcore, with Girls
on the Side
3. "I Grew Up and I Was a Punk": Subcultural Stories
4. "The Punk Guys Will Really Overpower What the Punk Girls Have to Say":
The Boys' Turf
5. "I'll Slap on My Lipstick and Then Kick Their Ass": Constructing
Femininity
6. "Oh, I Hope I Don't Catch Anything": Punk Deviance and Public Harassment
7. "I Bet a Steel-Capped Boot Could Shut You Up": Resistance to Public
Sexual Harassment
8. "Girls Kick Ass": Nonacademic Conclusions
Appendix A: Punk Glossary
Appendix B: Punk Girl Biographies
Appendix C: Interview Guide and Statement of Purpose
Notes
Works Cited
Index