Rhythms of Rebellion

For this month’s journal contributors have written articles about a variety of topics related to the study of subculture, popular music and social change. A colourful selection of outstanding research is published in this issue, discussing topics from Cuban underground rap and Christian punk rock to Joni Mitchell and skinheads in Eastern Europe.

Editorial

• PDF|Rhythms of Rebellion - By Elke Weesjes

Articles

• PDF|Music, Power and Resistance – The Case of Cuban Underground Rap – By Eleni Dimou
• PDF|Christian Punk & Populist Traditionalism -  By Ibrahim Abraham  
• PDF|We Sing for Change – Straight Edge Punk & Social Change – By Francis Stewart
• PDF|From London to the GDR – Symbols and Clothing in East German Punk -  By Kate Gerrard  
• PDF|An Ambivalent Union: Subcultural Style and Ideology in the Relationship of Punks and Skinheads in the Former Czechoslovakia and Present-day Czech Republic – By Hedvika Novotná & Martin Heřmanský

Biography

• PDF|Joni Mitchell – Music & Feminism  – By Ruth Charnock

Book & Author

• PDF|Keep on Pushing – Denise Sullivan – By Elke Weesjes