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Grinding California
Konstantin Butz
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Description for Grinding California
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU; HBJK; JFCA; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
»Grinding California« provides the first academic analysis of the subculture of skate punk at book-length. It establishes highly critical evaluations of the discourses that influenced early skateboarding and punk cultures. Based on an examination of songs, flyers, magazines, and videos, Konstantin Butz revisits American popular cultures of the 1980s and approaches them from a variety of theoretical and methodological angles. He introduces contemplations of the rebellious potential that can be located within skate punk's material and corporeal contestations of the site-specific locale of suburban Southern California. Theoretical recourses to thinkers such as Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard and Hans ... Read more
»Grinding California« provides the first academic analysis of the subculture of skate punk at book-length. It establishes highly critical evaluations of the discourses that influenced early skateboarding and punk cultures. Based on an examination of songs, flyers, magazines, and videos, Konstantin Butz revisits American popular cultures of the 1980s and approaches them from a variety of theoretical and methodological angles. He introduces contemplations of the rebellious potential that can be located within skate punk's material and corporeal contestations of the site-specific locale of suburban Southern California. Theoretical recourses to thinkers such as Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard and Hans ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837621228
SKU
V9783837621228
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About Konstantin Butz
Konstantin Butz is an assistant professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 2012 with a dissertation on the subculture of skate punk.
Reviews for Grinding California
»Der englischsprachige Ton des Buchs ist wissenschaftlich aufgebaut und formuliert, der Inhalt aber spannend genug aufbereitet, um Leser
innen mit Interesse an Skateboarding/Hardcore/Skaterock/Jugendsubkultur in seinen Bann zu ziehen.« Georg Reinhardt, RABEN!, 11 (2015) Reviewed in: Trust, 160/3 (2013)
innen mit Interesse an Skateboarding/Hardcore/Skaterock/Jugendsubkultur in seinen Bann zu ziehen.« Georg Reinhardt, RABEN!, 11 (2015) Reviewed in: Trust, 160/3 (2013)