Punk with a Purpose: An Analysis of the Construction of Subcultural Identity and Habitus
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Authors
Gentile, Veronica
Issue Date
2006
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
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Abstract
From an outsider’s viewpoint, punk
may simply represent an obnoxious form of
rebellion. For the individuals who
consider themselves punk, however,
participation emerges as an avenue by
which they confront the foremost crisis of
adolescence: the crisis of determining
“who am I?” In the process of resolving
this crisis, punk participants occupy and
foster an alternate world that enables
them to construct “a life less
frightening,” where they may explore,
relatively free from the pressure of
dominant society, who they want to become
and the rules by which they will live
their lives. This research, therefore,
explores the process by which adolescents
forge both an individual identity and
group consciousness through participation in punk.