Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Dresden Technical University, course: The Reagan 80s and the Clinton 90s, 17 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: This paper focuses on the history and characteristics of punk, hardcore, straight edge, and emo youth subcultures in the USA. Includes interview with Andy Greenwald, writer for Spin magazine and author of Nothing Feels Good. Punk Rock, Teeanagers, and Emo., abstract: This paper works with the underlying assumptions of Dick Hebdige's study of...