Sachgebiete

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95 pages. With a lot of b/w fotos. Illustrated original softcover (A little used). 26x20 cm

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* First edition. ----- Punk ist eine Jugendkultur, die Mitte der 1970er Jahre in New York City und London zusammen mit dem Punk-Rock entstand. Charakteristisch für den Punk sind provozierendes Aussehen, eine rebellische Haltung und nonkonformistisches Verhalten. Die Angehörigen dieser Subkultur nennen sich Punks oder Punker (Quelle Wikipedia) ----- Val Hennessy is a British journalist who writes for the Daily Mail. Hennessy taught English and drama before commencing a writing and journalistic career with the Brighton Voice, Peace News and Big Scream. Hennessy later became a Fleet Street freelance journalist, an associate editor of Time Out and a columnist for Saga Magazine. She was described by Auberon Waugh as "a handsome if elderly (by punk standards) and inescapably middle-class journalist". She is best known for her work as chief literary critic for the Daily Mail from 1989 to 2004. As of 2014, she continues to write for the Daily Mail's "Retro Reads" column. Having reviewed thousands of English fiction books, Hennessy is a significant critic of British women's writing. Hennessy has interviewed Luciano Pavarotti, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Annie Lennox, Michael Douglas, Terence Stamp, Martin Amis, Vivienne Westwood, Elizabeth Taylor, Bob Geldof, David Bailey, Jeffrey Archer, Germaine Greer, Laurie Lee and José Carreras. Throughout her career, she has also written for The Guardian,The Observer, New Society, You Magazine, Spare Rib, City Limits, and London Evening Standard. (Quelle Wikipedia)