Culture From the Slums - Punk Rock in East and West Germany

Culture from the Slums explores the history of punk rock in East and West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, examining how youths mobilized music to build alternative communities and identities during the Cold War, and detailing how punk became the site of historical change on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

List of contents

• Introduction - Punk Rock on the Spree


• 1: Origins and Scenes


• 2: Practices and Beliefs


• 3: Language and Identity


• 4: Wall Jumping and Repression


• 5: Commercialization and Crisis


• 6: Religion and Resistance


• 7: Politicization and Panic


• 8: Integration and Collapse


• Epilogue - Memory and Meaning

About the author

Jeff Hayton is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at Wichita State University. He has published numerous articles on popular culture, rock 'n' roll, and German history. Culture from the Slums: Punk Rock in East and West Germany is his first book. He is beginning work on three new projects: a survey of popular music in East Germany; a history of mountain climbing in East Germany; and an examination of the relationship between video games and history.

Summary

Culture from the Slums explores the history of punk rock in East and West Germany during the 1970s and 1980s, examining how youths mobilized music to build alternative communities and identities during the Cold War, and detailing how punk became the site of historical change on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Additional text

Culture from the Slums captures both interconnections and disjunctions between East and West, both cross-border movement and immobility. One can only hope that it inspires more studies of divided Germany from the margins.

Product details

• Authors: Hayton , Jeff Hayton, Jeff (Associate Professor of History Hayton, Hayton Jeff
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780198866183
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886618-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Studies in German History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Punk, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Civilization, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Social and cultural history, Popular Music, Punk, New Wave & Indie, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, West Germany, East Germany, Ddr