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Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music Series Editors Keith Gildart University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, UK Anna Gough-Yates University of Roehampton, London, UK Sian Lincoln LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity,Liverpool,UK Bill Osgerby London Metropolitan University, London, UK Lucy Robinson University of Sussex, Brighton, UK John Street University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Peter Webb University of the West of England Bristol, UK Matthew Worley University of Reading, Reading, UK From1940szoot-suitersandhepcatsthrough1950srock‘n‘rollers,beat- niks and Teddy boys; 1960s surfers,rude boys, mods, hippies and bikers; 1970s skinheads, soul boys, rastas, glam rockers, funksters andpunks; on to the heavy metal, hip-hop, casual, goth, rave and clubber styles of the 1980s, 90 s, noughties and beyond, distinctive blends of fashion and music have become a defining feature of the cultural landscape. The Subcultures Network series is international in scope and designed to explore the social and political implications of subcultural forms. Youth and subcultures will be located in their historical, socio-economic and cultural context; the motivations and meanings applied to the aesthetics, actions and manifestations of youth and subculture will be assessed. The objective is to facilitate a genuinely cross-disciplinary and transnational outletfor aburgeoning area ofacademic study. More information aboutthisseries at http://www.springer.com/series/14579 KeithGildart(cid:129)AnnaGough-Yates(cid:129)SianLincoln(cid:129)BillOsgerby(cid:129) LucyRobinson(cid:129)JohnStreet(cid:129)PeterWebb(cid:129)MatthewWorley Editors Youth Culture and Social Change Making a Difference by Making a Noise Editors KeithGildart AnnaGough-Yates UniversityofWolverhampton UniversityofRoehampton Wolverhampton,UK London,UK SianLincoln BillOsgerby LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity LondonMetropolitanUniversity Liverpool,UK London,UK LucyRobinson JohnStreet UniversityofSussex UniversityofEastAnglia Brighton,UK Norwich,UK PeterWebb MatthewWorley UniversityoftheWestofEngland UniversityofReading Bristol,UK Reading,UK EditedbytheSubculturesNetwork PalgraveStudiesintheHistoryofSubculturesandPopularMusic ISBN978-1-137-52910-7 ISBN978-1-137-52911-4(eBook) DOI10.1057/978-1-137-52911-4 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2017952705 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2017 Theauthor(s)has/haveassertedtheirright(s)tobeidentifiedastheauthor(s)ofthisworkinaccordance withtheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsaresolelyandexclusivelylicensedbythePublisher,whether thewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseof illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilar ordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublicationdoes notimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotective lawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbook arebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsorthe editorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrors oromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictionalclaims inpublishedmapsandinstitutionalaffiliations. Coverillustration:michaelbracey/AlamyStockPhoto Printedonacid-freepaper ThisPalgraveMacmillanimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisMacmillanPublishersLtd. Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:TheCampus,4CrinanStreet,London,N19XW,UnitedKingdom For the Networkbythe Network A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS Our thanks go to the AHRC for funding the Network seminar series (2013–15) from which this book emerged. The funding allowed the Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Subcultures, Popular Music and Social Change to extend its cross-disciplinary dialogue, engage with academic and public partners, and facilitate new research. Equally, our thanks go to all those who have joined and participated in the Network, especially those who attended the AHRC-funded events and helped put thisbooktogether. The steering committee that oversaw the AHRC project comprised: Jon Garland, Keith Gildart, Anna Gough-Yates, Paul Hodkinson, Sian Lincoln, Bill Osgerby, Lucy Robinson, John Street, Peter Webb and Matthew Worley. vii C ONTENTS 1 Introduction:Making aDifference by Making aNoise 1 LucyRobinson,KeithGildart, AnnaGough-Yates, SianLincoln, Bill Osgerby, John Street, PeterWebb andMatthewWorley Part1 Riots 2 Subcultures, Schools andRituals: ACase Study of the ‘BristolRiots’ (1980) 17 RogerBall 3 The Language of the Unheard:Social Mediaand Riot Subculture/s 47 LouisRice 4 ‘My Manor’s Ill’: HowUnderground MusicTold the Real Story of the UK Riots 79 SarahAttfield 5 ‘A DifferentVibe anda DifferentPlace’:Re-telling the Riots –A Round TableDiscussion 101 LucyRobinson andPeterWebb ix x CONTENTS Part2 Music 6 ‘(Today IMet)The Boy I’mGonna Marry’: Romantic ExpectationsofTeenageGirlsinthe1960sWestMidlands 119 RosalindWatkiss Singleton 7 Agents of Change:CulturalMaterialism, Post-Punk and the Politicsof PopularMusic 147 David Wilkinson 8 HowtoForget(andRemember)‘TheGreatestPunkRock BandintheWorld’:BadBrains,HardcorePunkandBlack Popular Culture 175 TaraMarin Lopez andMichaelMills Part3 Gangs 9 ‘It Wasnae JustEasterhouse’: The Politicsof Representation in the Glasgow GangPhenomenon, c. 1965–1975 205 AngelaBartie andAlistairFraser 10 GangGirls:Agency,SexualIdentityandVictimisation‘On Road’ 231 TaraYoung andLorettaTrickett 11 ‘Silence isVirtual’: Youth Violence,Belonging, Death and Mourning 261 William ‘Lez’ Henry andSireitaMullings-Lawrence Index 285 L F IST OF IGURES Fig.2.1 LocationwithintheCityofBristoloftheSouthmead,Ashley (St.Pauls)andFilwood(KnowleWest)electoralwards 20 Fig.2.2 Schematicofethno-geographicconnectionsbetweenareasof BristolforfirstandsecondgenerationAfrican-Caribbean residents 37 xi
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