1. Malaysian Hardcore
Sociologist Dick Hebdige, for example, analyzed British punk fashion "popularized and commoditized by bands such as the Sex Pistols "as symbolically conveying politically and ideologically subversive meaning. Punk (for Hebdige) operated as a closed, subcultural entity within a specific national (British) configuration of class, race, and generation. ... The culture of punk/HC can perhaps only be realized through the workings of these zines. ... Abira Mohd writes: "to be frank, the punk/HC scene here is dominated by male Malay Muslim kids."" ... Compared to "the early days,...
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