Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory

Researching Subcultures, Myth and Memory
ISBN-10
3030419096
ISBN-13
9783030419097
Category
History
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
2020-07-30
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Bart van der Steen, Thierry P.F. Verburgh

Description

This book brings together contributions that analyse how subcultural myths develop and how they can be studied. Through critical engagement with (history) writing and other sources on subcultures by contemporaries, veterans, popular media and researchers, it aims to establish: how stories and histories of subcultures emerge and become canonized through the process of mythification; which developments and actors are crucial in this process; and finally how researchers like historians, sociologists, and anthropologists should deal with these myths and myth-making processes. By considering these issues and questions in relation to mythmaking, this book provides new insights on how to research the identity, history, and cultural memory of youth subcultures.

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