Clubbing explores the cultures and spaces of clubbing. Divided into three sections:
Beginnings, The Night Out and Reflections, Clubbing includes first-hand accounts of …

Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the
uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that …

This article examines options in song translation and the concept of 'singability'from a
functional point of view and describes the strategic choices made by translators/lyricists in …

Signifying Europe provides a systematic overview of the wide range of symbols used to
represent Europe and Europeanness, both by the political elite and the broader public …

This article examines an enduring question raised by subcultural studies: how youth culture
can be challenging and transgressive, yet 'fail'to produce wider social change. This question …

Thanks to Emma Stockhaus at Liber for granting permission to re-use elements from my
Swedish book Kultur (Fornäs 2012b). My arguments on concepts of culture and …

El presente artículo presenta y contextualiza los nuevos usos de una categoría social, la de
pibe--u categoría que en su uso actual es transversal a las divisiones generacionales entre …

summary Cumbia villera—literally, cumbia from the shantytowns—is a musical genre quite
popular with Argentine youth who frequent urban dance halls. Its songs are known for …

This essay examines concepts of multimodality, intermediality and intertextuality within a
wider cultural context of boundaries and transgressions. Earlier concepts of passages and …

This essay argues against trends in cultural studies to avoid textuality and mediation in
favour of a presumably direct access to reality, materiality or lived experience. Grand …