Straight edge : clean-living youth, hardcore punk, and social change /
Ross Haenfler.
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.
- x, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index.
Straight edge 101 -- Straight edge core values -- Straight edge as a social movement -- Positivity versus militancy : struggles within the scene -- Masculinity in contradiction : the two faces of straight edge -- Girls united and divided : women in straight edge -- Life after subculture : how older straight edgers redefine commitment -- Commercialization, the Internet, and the cultic milieu -- Conclusions -- A timeline of straight edge bands.
Youth--United States. Straight-edge culture. Subculture--United States. Straight-edge (Music)--United States. Hardcore (Music)--United States. Punk culture--United States.