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The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture (2022)
Book Chapter
Webb, P. (2023). The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture. In A. Bennett (Ed.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Culture (71 - 86). London: Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter looks at the idea of Milieu Cultures as a tool and theoretical framework through which to examine and understand the culture of, in this example, Punk. The chapter looks at how using the framework of milieu cultures can help us understan... Read More about The milieu culture of punk: Beyond the scene - A guide to thinking and researching culture.

Social embedding, artisanal markets and cultural fields: Quality, value and marketing in the cases of new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals (2022)
Book Chapter
Mulholland, J., & Webb, P. (2022). Social embedding, artisanal markets and cultural fields: Quality, value and marketing in the cases of new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals. In J. Mulholland, A. Ricci, & M. Massi (Eds.), The Artisan Brand: Entrepreneurship and Marketing in Contemporary Craft Economies (42-62). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Taking two case studies of artisanal production (new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals), this chapter argues for the value of adopting a social embedding perspective for understanding artisanal markets. Specifically, it claims that w... Read More about Social embedding, artisanal markets and cultural fields: Quality, value and marketing in the cases of new wave custom motorcycles and boutique guitar pedals.

Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens (2020)
Book
Gildart, K., Gough-Yates, A., Lincoln, S., Osgerby, B., Robinson, L., Street, J., …Worley, M. (Eds.). (2020). Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28475-6

This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward by Hebdige, and asks if this concept is still capabl... Read More about Hedge and Subculture in the 21st Century: Through the Subcultural Lens.

Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity! (2020)
Book Chapter
Webb, P. (2020). Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity!. In Hebdige and Subculture in the Twenty-First Century: Through the sub-cultural lens. United kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28475-6

The chapter addresses the deficiencies of Hebdige's analysis in terms of class and race/ethnicity when looking at Punk subculture in his 1979 book 'Subculture: The meaning of style'. Hebdige focused on Punk as a mainly working class movement but many... Read More about Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity!.

Ripped, torn and cut Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976 (2018)
Book
Gildart, K., Gough-Yates, A., Lincoln, S., Osgerby, B., Robinson, L., Street, J., …Morley, M. (Eds.). (2018). Ripped, torn and cut Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.

Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise (2017)
Book
Webb, P. (2017). P. Webb, M. Worley, L. Robinson, J. Street, B. Osgerby, S. Lincoln, …K. Gildart (Eds.), Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise. London, England: Palgrave Macmillan

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book’s themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthful disaffection with everyday practices. By so doin... Read More about Youth Culture and Social Change: Making a Difference by making a noise.

Leveraging affect: Mobilizing enthusiasm and the co-production of the musical economy (2016)
Book Chapter
Webb, P., Leyshon, A., Thrift, N., Crewe, L., & French, S. (2016). Leveraging affect: Mobilizing enthusiasm and the co-production of the musical economy. In B. J. Hracs, M. Seman, & T. E. Virani (Eds.), The Production and Consumption of Music in the Digital Age. United Kingdom: Routledge

This chapter considers the promises and problems of fandom and enthusiasm within capitalism, with particular reference to rise of crowdsourcing as a means of mobilising fan enthusiasm to fund new creative projects, with a particular focus on the musi... Read More about Leveraging affect: Mobilizing enthusiasm and the co-production of the musical economy.

Infected by the seed of post-industrial punk bohemia: Nick Cave and the Milieu of the 1980s underground (2008)
Journal Article
Webb, P. M. (2008). Infected by the seed of post-industrial punk bohemia: Nick Cave and the Milieu of the 1980s underground. Popular Music History, 3(2), 103-122. https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v3i2.103

This article uses the concepts of cultural milieu and music genre to explore the work of Nick Cave in the 1980s and later. Milieu theory is derived from the work of phenomenologists Alfred Schutz and Jorg Durschmitt. The article analyses the transgre... Read More about Infected by the seed of post-industrial punk bohemia: Nick Cave and the Milieu of the 1980s underground.