Theorizing Resistance - Music, Politics, and the Crimes of the Powerful

Theorizing Resistance examines the extent to which music constructions provide windows for opposition and resistance to forms of state crime and violence such as war, human rights abuses, oppression, and corruption.
Drawing on the work of Michel Maffesoli, the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and more recently Jeff Ferrell, this book makes a unique and original contribution to ongoing academic debates about power, alienation and resistance and will be fascinating reading for courses in cultural and critical criminology, state crime, human rights and the sociology of popular music.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Neotribes, Music, and Cultural Criminology 2. Resisting State Crime and Popular Culture 3. From the Mouths of Musicians 4. Deciphering Discourse: Audience, Commerce, Creation, and Meaning 5. Toward Action.

About the author

David Kauzlarich is Professor and Chair of Sociology & Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Summary

Theorizing Resistance examines the extent to which music constructions provide windows for opposition and resistance to forms of state crime and violence such as war, human rights abuses, oppression, and corruption. The analysis is based on rich ethnographic, documentary, and participant observation research with politically active independent punk rock musicians.
Drawing on the work of Michel Maffesoli, the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and more recently Jeff Ferrell, this book makes a unique and original contribution to ongoing academic debates about power, alienation and resistance and will be fascinating reading for courses in cultural and critical criminology, state crime, human rights and the sociology of popular music.

Product details

• Authors: David Kauzlarich, David (Southern Illinois University Ed Kauzlarich, David (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Kauzlarich, Kauzlarich David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9780415540438
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54043-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: New Directions in Critical Criminology; New Directions in Critical Cri; New Directions in Critical Criminology; New Directions in Critical Cri
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Theory of music & musicology, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime, Theory of music and musicology