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(More customer reviews)It was very informative as far as the philosophies behind the punk and neotribal style.There is a big section on Perry Farrel (lead singer forJanes Addiction) and his reasoning behind punk and neo tribal style.Itreally makes you think.You don't have to be punk to enjow this book andit's contents. I would definetely recommend this book!
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Punk body adornment, the most notorious andcelebrated of recent styles among youth, emerged in the mid-1970sand has persisted in varying forms to the present day.This bookillustrates the confrontational aesthetic of punk style, andexamines in detail the symbolic meanings and subversive aspectsof punk body art.Like members of previous subcultures, denizensof the punk subculture have created a coherent and elaboratesystem of adornment calculated to horrify the general public.Anaesthetic of shock, negation, and cultural pessimism is revealednot only through adornment, but through music, art, dance,fanzines, and dramatizations of violence.The symbolicinversions, ritual pollutions, and carnivalesque antics of thepunk movement violate the conventions of daily life.The anti-commercial, do-it-yourself ethos of punks, with their emphasis onparody and gender confusion and an interest in the exotic andforbidden, further challenge dominant cultural values andideologies.
Along with a history of punk, PUNK AND NEO-TRIBAL BODY ARTsurveys the distinctive styles that have been influenced by punkethos and aesthetic (including grunge, Gothic, and riot grrrl),and then examines the commercialization of punk style and howsome punks reacted by adopting "neo-tribal" forms of body artinspired by non-Western practices in an effort to create anoppositional identity.Special focus is given to post-punkartist Perry Farrell, former lead singer of Jane's Addiction andfounder of the annual Lollapalooza music festivals.Emphasizingindividual meanings and personal aesthetics, the book exploresthe subversive and transformative appeal of tattooing, piercing,and scarification among youth and the ways that these forms ofbody modification are used to articulate feelings ofestrangement, mark memorable events, signify a rite of passage,and individualize the body in an aesthetically pleasing andsymbolically powerful manner. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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