Belfast Punk and the Troubles: An Oral History

This book is an oral history of punk in Belfast from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. It reads a small number of interviews in close detail to place them in the context of the Troubles and to draw out the imaginative ways that interviewees evoke the experience of growing up in Northern Ireland and punk's intervention in that complex conjuncture.

About the author

Fearghus Roulston is a Research Fellow at the University of Brighton

Summary

This book is an oral history of punk in Belfast from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. It reads a small number of interviews in close detail to place them in the context of the Troubles and to draw out the imaginative ways that interviewees evoke the experience of growing up in Northern Ireland and punk’s intervention in that complex conjuncture. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Fearghus Roulston
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781526152237
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5223-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Punk, Oral History, Belfast, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk, Northern Ireland, Social and cultural history, Popular Music, Punk, New Wave & Indie, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General