Review: "Transnational Punk Communities in Poland. From Nihilism to Nothing Outside Punk" / Marta Marciniak. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015. ISBN: 978-1498501576
- The book, based on Marciniak's dissertation in American Studies at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, wants to 'explore the story of how a subculture emerged and evolved over time through the communication of ideas across space' (p. xiii). Her 'two main research questions' (p. xviii) are the depth of US-American influence in Poland, their local 'adjustments' (ibid.), and the 'cultural diffusion' (p. xix) involved. As the title of her work suggests, the perspective is transnational; the author focuses on the exchange of people, concepts, and ideas from the late 1970s to the early 2010s, mainly (but not exclusively) between Poland and the United States. The main part of the book concentrates on developments after 1989; earlier developments are bundled up in shorter introductions of the respective chapters.
Author: | Alexander Simmeth |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-11098 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.11584/opus4-1109 |
Editor: | Lisa Jakelski |
Document Type: | Review |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/04/15 |
Date of first Publication: | 2016/06/17 |
Publishing Institution: | Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt |
Creating Corporation: | Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (www.pol-int.org) |
Release Date: | 2021/04/19 |
Institutes: | Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Polenstudien |
Licence (German): | ![]() |