DIY style : fashion, music and global digital cultures / Brent Luvaas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luvaas, Brent Adam, 1974-

Series:

Dress, body, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indie culture--Indonesia.

Internet and youth--Indonesia--Case studies.

Alternative rock music--Case studies--Social aspects--Indonesia.

Fashion--Case studies--Social aspects--Indonesia.

Fashion.

Social aspects.

Alternative rock music.

Internet and youth.

Indie culture.

Indonesia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

181 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Do it yourself style

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Berg, 2012.

Summary:

Armed with cheap digital technologies and a fiercely independent spirit, millions of young people from around the world have taken cultural production into their own hands, crafting their own clothing lines, launching their own record labels, and forging a vast, collaborative network of impassioned amateurs more interested in making than consuming.

DIY Style tells the story of this international do-it-yourself (DIY) movement through a major case study of one of its biggest, but least known contingents: the "indie" music and fashion scene of the predominantly Muslim Southeast Asian island nation of Indonesia. Through rich ethnographic detail, in-depth historical analysis and cutting-edge social theory, the book chronicles the rise of DIY culture in Indonesia, and also explores the phenomenon in Europe and the United States, painting an evocative portrait of vibrant communities who are not only making and distributing popular culture on their own terms, but also working to tear down the barriers between production and consumption, third and first world, global and local. What emerges from the book is a cautiously optimistic view of the future of global capitalism - a creative, collectivist alternative built from the ground up.

This exciting and original study is essential reading for students and scholars of anthropology, fashion, media studies, cultural studies and sociology. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Indonesia, Republik DIY 23

2 DIY Capitalism: Class, Crisis, and the Rise of Indie Indonesia 42

3 DIY in DIY (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta): Everyday Production in the Indonesian Indie Scene 63

4 DIY Chic: Notes on Indie Style 84

5 On Cutting and Pasting: The Art and Politics of DIY Streetwear 104

6 On Site and Sound: Music and Borders in a DIY World 124.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.

ISBN:

9780857850409

0857850407

OCLC:

764357404