Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture

by Sharon M. Hannon

Book Overview

This history of the punk movement in the United States shows how punk music, fashion, art, and attitude clashed with and ultimately influenced mainstream culture.

Unlike other volumes on the punk era that focus on just the music--and primarily on British punk bands--Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture spans the full expanse of punk as it happened in the United States, from the late-1960s blast from Iggy Pop and the Stooges...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313364567
• ISBN13: 9780313364563
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher