Research Catalog

Title

Some wear leather, some wear lace : the worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the 1980s / by Andi Harriman and Marloes Bontje.

Author

Harriman, Andi

Publication

Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2014.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Additional Authors

Bontje, Marloes

Description

216 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm

Summary

It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others, new romantics, new wavers, the bats, or the morbids. "Goth" did not gain lexical currency until the late 1980s. But no matter what term was used, "postpunk" encompasses all the incarnations of the 1980s alternative movement. Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace is a visual and oral history of the first decade of the scene. Featuring interviews with both the performers and the audience to capture the community on and off stage, the book places personal snapshots alongside professional photography to reveal a unique range of fashions, bands, and scenes. Alongside rare photographs, the interviewees discuss the motivations behind the dark aesthetic: the fashion, the art and, most of all, the music --

Alternative Title

• Worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the 1980s
• Worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the nineteen eighties

Subject

• Punk culture
• Goth culture (Subculture)
• Punk culture > Pictorial works
• Goth culture (Subculture) > Pictorial works
• Subculture > 20th century
• Fashion > Social aspects
• Clothing and dress > Social aspects
• Punk rock music > Pictorial works

Contents

Intro -- Atmosphere -- Kings of the wild frontier -- Places: Scandinavia -- A New dark age -- Places: Behind the iron Curtain -- Everyday is Halloween -- This corrosion -- Memorabilia -- A new form of beauty -- Spirit (We love our audience!) -- Painted bird -- Places: Japan -- Like cockatoos -- Places: Grufti Nation -- Promised land -- Places: The Netherlands -- Face to face -- Meat of youth -- Photo Collections -- I. Style: Creatures of the night -- II. La Movida : New cultural identity -- III. Boredom of life : spheres and sentiments; IV. To the Batcave! -- V. Shot! : Becoming history -- Winklepickers -- The last song.

Call Number

JFE 16-6782

ISBN

• 9781783203529
• 1783203528

LCCN

2015514800

OCLC

887940215

Author

Harriman, Andi, author.

Title

Some wear leather, some wear lace : the worldwide compendium of postpunk and goth in the 1980s / by Andi Harriman and Marloes Bontje.

Publisher

Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2014.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Added Author

Bontje, Marloes, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6782