Italowave. I nuovi studi accademici delle subculture spettacolari in Italia.

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Italowave. The new academic studies of spectacular subcultures in Italy.

Simone Tosoni*

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Abstract

After years of substantial lack of interest, Italian academy seems to have finally introduced among its research objects the theme of youth subcultures and post-subcultures and their aesthetics and music. Comparing three recently published monographs on the subject (in particular, on punk and post-punk in the 1980s, and on contemporary hipsterism) it is possible to recognize some common theoretical assumptions that characterize this new line of inquiry: the relevance granted to the urban dimension in the processes of appropriation of transnational subcultures; the attention to the heterogeneity and internal differences in subcultures generated by different forms of appropriation; the attempt to read these phenomena in the light of broader socio-cultural issues, avoiding limiting the interest in the forms taken by subcultures and post-subcultures in our country within the boundaries of an excessively specialized field of study.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Italowave. The new academic studies of spectacular subcultures in Italy.
Original languageItalian
Pages (from-to)520-530
Number of pages11
JournalStudi Culturali
Volume2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Subculture

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