Capitals of Punk: DC, Paris, and Circulation in the Urban Underground

ISBN-13: 9789811526732 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 211 str.

Tyler Sonnichsen

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Tale of Two Cities and Scenes

Chapter 2: DC and Paris: Capitals of Punk

Chapter 3: A Brief History of Franco-American Circulation in the Twentieth Century

Chapter 4: Washington Geography and the Birth of HarDCore, 1979–1983

Chapter 5: Hardcore Vient à Paris, 1983–1987

Chapter 6: This Is Not a Fugazi Book: HarDCore Comes of Age

Chapter 7: Earthquakes Come Home: French Punks Visit DC

Chapter 8: “We Were Fucking Tourists, in the End”: Punk, Tourism, and Gentrification

Chapter 9: Ian MacKaye Is Alive and Well and Living in DC:Concluding Thoughts.

O autorze

Dr. Tyler Sonnichsen works at Central Michigan University, USA. He completed his PhD in Geography at Tennessee in 2017, specializing in musical geography, urban history, and American Popular Culture.

Blurb

Capitals of Punk tells the story of Franco-American circulation of punk music, politics, and culture, focusing on the legendary Washington, DC hardcore punk scene and its less-heralded counterpart in Paris. This book tells the story of how the underground music scenes of two major world cities have influenced one another over the past fifty years. 

 

This book compiles exclusive accounts across multiple eras from a long list of iconic punk musicians, promoters, writers, and fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Through understanding how and why punk culture circulated, it tells a greater story of (sub)urban blight, the nature of counterculture, and the street-level dynamics of that centuries-old relationship between France and the United States.