Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces - 9781787565128

Subcultures, Bodies and SpacesEssays on Alternativity and Marginalization\nAuthor(s): Samantha Holland, Karl Spracklen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781787565128, 978-1787565128\nSynopsis\nAlternativity delineates those spaces, scenes, club-cultures, objects and practices in modern society that are considered to be actively designed to be counter or resistive to mainstream popular culture. The idea of the alternative in popular culture became mainstream with the rise of the counter culture in 1960s America (though there were earlier forms of alternative cultures in America and other Western countries). Alternativity is associated with marginalization, both actively pursued by individuals, and imposed on individuals and sub-cultures, and was originally represented and constructed through acts of transgression, and through shared sub-cultural capital. \n\nThis edited collection maps the landscape.