Damaged. musicality and race in early american punk, paperback/evan rapport

Offers the first book-length portrait of punk as a musical style with an emphasis on how punk developed in relation to changing ideas of race in American society from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.

The book provides fresh interpretations of race and American society during this period and illuminates the contemporary importance of that era.

Illustrations: 20 black & white illustrations; 25 music examples.