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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
What you don't know about goths could fill a book!
An artistic culture that revels in the Victorian romantic movement, The goth Bible brings to light the traditions and history of all that is goth. The goth culture has been one of the most controversial and maligned in media history. Presented as homicidal, suicidal and socio-pathic, in the national consciousness goths are coupled with everyone from Marilyn Mason to the murderers of Columbine. But,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital lives of subculturists as well as reflections on the relationships between subcultures and globalization and the resurgence of the far-right. Blending theory and practice, this text examines a varied range of subcultures including hip hop, graffiti writing,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
An "anarcho Dada scrapbook" by two cyberspace enthusiasts arguing for total freedom on the internet, pornography included. It is made up of e-mail messages, letters and articles, and features equally anarcho typography and graphics.
10) Beastly
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Kyle Kingson has it all, including a wicked cruel streak. He zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra inviting her to the school's extravagant bash. After she accepts, he blows her off in a very cruel fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he hates. Enraged by his horrible appearance he confronts Kendra and learns that the only way to break the curse is to find someone that will love him as he is, which...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Ronson investigates the strange things we are willing to believe in, from lifelike robots programmed with the personalities of our loved ones to indigo children to hyper successful spiritual healers. He looks at ordinary lives that take on extraordinary perspectives, for instance a pop singer whose greatest passion is the coming alien invasion, and the scientist designated to greet those aliens when they arrive. Ronson throws himself into the stories....
12) Street knowledge
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A lavishly illustrated, encyclopedic guide to the world's street cultures past and present includes coverage of such famous artists as Banksy, Quik, and the KLF, as well as lesser-known and up-and-coming talents.
15) Hip: the history
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and back again. Hip: The History examines how hip has helped shape -- and continues to influence -- America's view of itself,...
Author
Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
From working shadow magick to spellcasting on the dance floor, Raven Digitalis explores the dynamic intersection between Witchcraft and Goth culture. Goth Craft introduces many kinds of Goths and Witches, and the philosophy of each.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After bottoming out, being institutionalized, and getting sober all by the tender age of fifteen, Moshe Kasher found himself asking: OK, so what else is out there? Over the ensuing decades, he found his way to the answer: a lot. From his current vantagepoint as a successful stand-up comic, Kasher looks back on his years careening from subculture to subculture, and he immerses readers in the hilariously strange nuances of each of the scenes he's found...
19) Vernon Subutex 1
Author
Series
Publisher
FSG Originals/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Vernon Subutex was once the proprietor of Revolver, an infamous music shop in Paris, where his name was legend throughout Paris. By the 2000s, however, with the arrival of the internet and the decline in CD and vinyl sales, his shop is struggling, like so many others. When it closes, Subutex finds himself with nowhere to go and nothing to do. Before long, his savings are gone, and when the mysterious rock star who had been covering his rent suddenly...
Author
Publisher
Louder Than War Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era. Drawing on his own experience as a musician and journalist, Robb covers the style, the music and the clubs that spawned the culture, alongside political and social conditions. He also reaches back further to key historic events and movements that...