Call for chapters Beyond “No Future”: A German Punk Reader Edited by Mirko Hall, Seth Howes, and Cyrus Shahan Punk rock has had quite a decade. Exhibition catalogues, photographic retrospectives, CD box sets, and sold-out reunion tours attest to the central role punk continues to play in stories we tell about the ’70s and ’80s, [...]

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Call for chapters K-Pop Politics: Digital Mediation and Global Fandom Deadline for proposals: Friday 2 November 2012 The K-pop frenzy is anything but ordinary. On May 1 this year, some 300 French fans holding Korean national flags gathered in front of the Louvre Museum, calling for additional K-pop concerts to be held in Paris. Similar [...]

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Call for chapters Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel: Hip Hop in Canada and Canadian Hip Hop Edited by Dr. Charity Marsh and Dr. Mark V. Campbell Can we confidently assert that there is such a thing as a hip hop nation in Canada? If so, what might this ‘nation’ look like given on-going [...]

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Call for chapters Guitars and Geeks: An Exploration of the Music and Culture of Geek Rock Deadline 31 December 2012 Editors: Victoria Willis & Alex DiBlasi This book seeks to explore the culture, music, and significance of geek rock. As a sub-genre of alternative music, geek rock has not only been neglected in current humanities [...]

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