Working for the clampdown : the Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism and the political promise of punk / edited by Colin Coulter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coulter, Colin, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clash (Musical group).

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Punk culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The diverse essays gathered in 'Working for the Clampdown' cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage.

Contents:

1. <i>A Riot of Our Own: An Introduction to the Book</i><BR>Colin Coulter (Maynooth University, Ireland)<BR><i>Section One: No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones: The Clash, the Politics of Pop and the Neoliberal Conjuncture</i><BR>2. <i>Six Things I Love and/or Hate About The Clash</i><BR>David Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds)<BR>3. <i>The Clash and Musical Artistry: Against The Corporate Voice.</i><BR>Caroline Coon (Artist, Writer, Manager of <i>The Clash</i> from 1978 to 1980).<BR>4. <i>The Clash, Revolution and the Dawn of Neoliberalism</i><BR>Jason Toynbee (Open University)<BR>5<i>. Rudie Can't Fail: The Clash as Pop Situationists</i><BR>Richard Barbrook (University of Westminster)<BR><i>Section Two: Back in the garage with my bullshit detector: The Clash and the Cultural Politics of Punk</i><BR>6. <i>Nothing matters: Punk as a response to nihilism</i><BR>Kieran Cashell (Limerick School of Art & Design)<BR>7. <i>'</i><i>Are you going backwards. Or are you going forwards?'

England Past & England Future in 1970s Punk</i><BR>Ruth Adams (King's College London)<BR>8. <i>What if Keith Levene had never left The Clash? Punk and the Politics of Novelty</i><BR>Pete Dale (Manchester Metropolitan University)<BR>9.<i> The Clash: A teenage auto-ethnography</i><BR>Martin James (Southampton Solent University)<BR>10. <i>Still the Last Gang in Town? Identity politics, inherited fandom and authenticity among second wave fans of The Clash.</i><BR>Kathryn Reaney<i></i><BR><i>Section Three: It could be anywhere, Most likely could be any frontier, Any hemisphere: The Clash around the world</i><BR>11. <i>'Cashing in the bill of rights'??The Clash in New York, in myth and reality</i>Harry Browne (Dublin Institute of Technology)<BR>12. <i>The only band that matters: The night The Clash didn't play Belfast</i><BR>Colin Coulter (Maynooth University, Ireland)<BR>13. <i>The One Struggle: the music and politics of The Clash in an Australian context</i><BR>Alessandro Moliterno (The Australian National University)<BR>14. <i>Brigade Rosse: The Clash, Italian Punx and the Years of Lead</i><BR>Giacomo Bottà (University of Helsinki)<BR>15.<i> 'I Live by the River': Britishness, Englishness and The Clash</i><BR>Conrad Brunström (Maynooth University, Ireland)<BR>16. '<i>Stagger Lee's Come Out on Top': The Ballad of Stack Lee, from St. Louis to Jamaica to London</i><BR>Katherine Reed (Utah Valley University)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 1, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526114235

1526114232

9781526114228

1526114224

OCLC:

1107634126