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Was John Wayne a Nazi? The racial politics of taste in 1980s US hardcore punk
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This article sheds light on hardcore punk’s racial politics of taste within the framework of racial discourses in Reagan’s 1980s America. The first wave of hardcore punk was composed almost exclusively of male, white, suburban youth and often referenced white supremacist imagery with various political intentions. The goal of my article is to investigate hardcore punk’s potential to deconstruct the hypocrisy of a seemingly ‘colour-blind’ society by means of subversive appropriation of white power imagery. I will formulate a hardcore punk’s racial politics of taste to closeread the songs ‘Reagan Youth’ and ‘John Wayne Was a Nazi’.
Title: Was John Wayne a Nazi? The racial politics of taste in 1980s US hardcore punk
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Abstract
This article sheds light on hardcore punk’s racial politics of taste within the framework of racial discourses in Reagan’s 1980s America.
The first wave of hardcore punk was composed almost exclusively of male, white, suburban youth and often referenced white supremacist imagery with various political intentions.
The goal of my article is to investigate hardcore punk’s potential to deconstruct the hypocrisy of a seemingly ‘colour-blind’ society by means of subversive appropriation of white power imagery.
I will formulate a hardcore punk’s racial politics of taste to closeread the songs ‘Reagan Youth’ and ‘John Wayne Was a Nazi’.
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