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Articles within this issue include (partial list):
This is [not] the A.L.F.?: Anarchism, punk rock and animal advocacy
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*Authors: *Francis Stewart
Page Start: 227
Veganism and punk rock have gone hand in hand since the 1980s, and it is a
relationship that is arguably best understood in conjunction with versions
of anarchist politics of intersectionality. While rejecting the argument
for animal ‘rights’ as a form of quasi-religion (contra Lowe in Implicit
Religion, 4.1: 41−60) this article will seek to demonstrate through
interviews that the analytical framework of Implicit Religion can be
applied to animal advocacy within various iterations of punk to better
understand the motivations of activists. It will demonstrate that
considering animal ‘rights’ as a quasi-religion diminishes both religion as
a concept and the place of activism in the lives of those interviewed.
Furthermore it will explore the possibility that such behaviours and
attitudes demonstrate the potentiality within anarchism and punk to look
inward for experiential insights and connections. As ‘rights’ is a
contentious term for many anarchists, because of the issue of
enforceability this article shall be using the phrase animal advocacy.
A ‘non’ that became a yes: David Shield’s Reality Hunger and the punk germ
in the new literary nonfiction
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=23378/>
*Authors: *Lucinda Strahan
Page Start: 281
In his literary manifesto *Reality Hunger*, David Shields refers to an
emerging movement of ‘reality-based art’ whose characteristics include ‘a
deliberate unartiness, “raw” material, seemingly unprocessed, unfiltered,
uncensored, and unprofessional […] Randomness, openness to accident and
serendipity, spontaneity; artistic risk, emotional urgency and intensity’.
This grab-bag of anti-art processes and aesthetics is part of an
‘as-yet-unstated’ contemporary literary mood urgently needed, Shields
argues, to refresh the moribund star-machine that is literary culture. In
its ‘hunger’ for something more ‘real’ in literature, Shields’ manifesto
speaks clearly to punk sensibilities without ever saying ‘punk’. This
article will trace the unstated affinity between Reality Hunger and punk
processes, aesthetics and attitude, and in the process uncover an angry
punk germ in the burgeoning movement of contemporary nonfiction writing to
which Reality Hunger speaks directly. In doing so, it will contribute a new
strand of enquiry to the question of how we understand and define punk
literature, opening these questions onto the territory of literary
nonfiction.
Blake Schwarzenbach and the anxieties of American punk rock: 1991-present
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=23379/>
*Authors: *Arin Keeble
Page Start: 295
This article argues that Blake Schwarzenbach was a pivotal figure in the
evolution of American punk from the early 1990s. Schwarzenbach’s journey as
a punk figure has exemplified some of the interconnected ‘anxieties’ of
this period relating to punk aesthetics and philosophies, authenticity and
‘selling out’, and the roles of literary cultures. Schwarzenbach’s music,
particularly with his first major band Jawbreaker, has also consistently
artistically engaged with these anxieties. I argue that Schwarzenbach’s
life and work has much to say generally about the radical potential and
limitations of American punk, and that it ultimately, and perhaps
conversely, embodies the enduring value and appeal of punk as an idea –
despite its various iterations, countless sub-genres, and the ever-shifting
landscapes of its scenes.
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