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In four pages, this paper examines how punk culture started and where the movement is today. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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any and all conventional norms of society" (Larson, 2004, p. 220). It was not enough to oppose the prevailing culture; the punks reflected their opposition in manners that were
designed to shock, disrespect, and offend by any means at their disposal (Larson, 2004). As originally conceived, there were no social taboos in punk culture or any rules governing
appropriate social behavior (Muggleton & Weinzierl, 2003). The antisocial antics paled in comparison to the early punks, who recoiled at any notion of peace, love, or "flower power."
There was deeply rooted within the punk culture a profound anger at capitalism and the excess it encouraged. The punks believed the hippies eventually sold out to the highest
bidder by championing political and social activism, which turned them into media darlings. Punk culture sought to be as apolitical as it could possibly be (Muggleton & Weinzierl, 2003).
By the mid-1970s, American youth had its fill of Vietnam War protests and Watergate and wanted to move far away from anything popular or mainstream. Instead of embracing
pacifism, there was a violent edge to punk culture that not only extended beyond conventional boundaries; it shattered them. Some of the most radical punks known as the skinheads
actually glorified acts of rape and celebrated death camps in art, prose, and in song (Muggleton & Weinzierl, 2003). The punk culture began at around the same time in different
places. In the England of the 1970s, punks were clearly appalled by the countrys sagging economy and widespread unemployment (Muggleton & Weinzierl, 2003). Working-class British punks wanted to
stick it to the aristocrats that were capitalizing on the countrys social malaise by forming a rival culture that would ridicule everything they stood for (Muggleton & Weinzierl, 2003).
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