Theorizing Resistance Music, Politics, and the Crimes of the Powerful |
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| Author:
| Kauzlarich, David |
| Series title: | New Directions in Critical Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-54043-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $196.00 |
Book Description:
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Theorizing Resistanceexamines the extent to which music constructions provide windows for opposition and resistance to forms of state crime and violence such as war, human rights abuses, oppression, and corruption. The analysis is based on rich ethnographic, documentary, and participant observation research with politically active independent punk rock musicians.
Drawing on the work of Michel Maffesoli, the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and more recently...
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Theorizing Resistanceexamines the extent to which music constructions provide windows for opposition and resistance to forms of state crime and violence such as war, human rights abuses, oppression, and corruption. The analysis is based on rich ethnographic, documentary, and participant observation research with politically active independent punk rock musicians.
Drawing on the work of Michel Maffesoli, the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and more recently Jeff Ferrell, this book makes a unique and original contribution to ongoing academic debates about power, alienation and resistance and will be fascinating reading for courses in cultural and critical criminology, state crime, human rights and the sociology of popular music.