
Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication year: 1999
ISBN: 0813526507
Description:
Discusses how young women use the punk subculture for empowerment and self-identification, constructing their own version of femininity from the ingredients of the style. The book is based in part on the author's own reminiscence of a punk girlhood, as well as interviews with 40 punk girls and women between the ages of 14 and 37 in a handful of cities throughout North America. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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