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Way, Laura,

Punk, gender and ageing : just typical girls? / by Laura Way (University of Lincoln, UK). - 1 online resource (236 pages)

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Playing a-minor in the punk scene or all girls to the front? An introduction -- Chapter 2. Definitions, or, 'what' and 'who' is punk? -- Chapter 3. 'Doing' punk: Dress -- Chapter 4. 'Doing' punk: the role of music and its continued significance -- Chapter 5. Doing punk: music in the context of gig attendance -- Chapter 6. Ageing, adulthood and punk -- Chapter 7. Conclusion: punk women growing old disgracefully?

Using in-depth interviews with punk women growing old disgracefully, Way explores how women construct punk identities. Reflecting on punk 'then' and 'now', they reveal the constraints punk women experience on their identities growing older, the complex relationship between appearance and dress, and the impact of social expectations around aging.

ISBN: 9781839825705

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Punk culture.
Older women--Social conditions.
Social Science--Gender Studies.
Gender studies: women.

LC Class. No.: HM646 / .P86 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 306.1

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 305