Connected Lives of Dutch Punks

This book is the first in-depth, ethnographic study of the Dutch punk scene. It questions theartificial boundaries of subcultural research, calling for a critical analysis of the distinctionsdrawn between subcultural and everyday lives, and between localised and globalisedsubcultures. The everyday experiences of punk are framed within the mobile and connectedglobal subculture of which they are a part. It traces its emergence in the 1970s and itsdevelopment through to 2010, with chapters that map Dutch punk historically and spatially.Further chapters explore the meanings and practices attached to punk by its participantsbefore focusing in particular on the political affiliations of punks. This book argues for anapproach to social research that recognises the 'messiness' and the 'connectedness' ofpunk and of the social world.