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Politics as sound : the Washington, DC, hardcore scene, 1978-1983 / Shayna L. Maskell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maskell, Shayna L., 1979- author.
- Series:
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Punk rock music--Washington (D.C.)--History and criticism.
- Punk rock music.
- Hardcore (Music)--Washington (D.C.)--History and criticism.
- Hardcore (Music).
- Punk culture--Washington (D.C.)--History.
- Punk culture.
- History.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Uncompromising and innovative, hardcore punk in Washington, DC, birthed a new sound and nurtured a vibrant subculture aimed at a specific segment of the city's youth. Shayna L. Maskell explores DC's hardcore scene during its short but storied peak. Led by bands like Bad Brains and Minor Threat, hardcore in the nation's capital unleashed music as angry and loud as it was fast and minimalistic. Maskell examines the music's aesthetics and the unique impact of DC's sociopolitical realities on the sound and the scene that emerged. As she shows, aspects of the music's structure merged with how bands performed it to put across distinctive representations of race, class, and gender. But those representations could be as complicated and contradictory as they were explicit. A fascinating analysis of a punk rock hotbed, Politics as Sound tells the story of how a generation created music that produced--and resisted--politics and power.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hilda A. Wurtman Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Maskell, Shayna L., 1979- Politics as sound
- ISBN:
- 0252053125
- 9780252053122
- Publisher Number:
- 99988488940
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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