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In: | Television & New Media, 19, 2018, 1, p. 42-58 |
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SAGE Publications
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 42-58 |
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ISSN: |
1552-8316
1527-4764 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1527476416687040 |
published in: | Television & New Media |
Language: | English |
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Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> If histories of television recognize it all, the relationship between punk subculture and the mass cultural medium of television is often rendered as a story of misreprentation, conflict, or mutual avoidance. Such studies overlook a rich history of punks throughout North America who produced numerous programs for cable television, especially the non-commercial forum of public access, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Conceiving of TV as a kind of social technology, some punks actively and critically engaged in producing subculture both on and through the medium. This article looks at the case of New Wave Theatre (Theta/KSCI 1979–1983), a Los Angeles–based cable program that featured punk and new-wave bands, performance art, and interviews. It argues that through distinctive performance tactics and production practices, New Wave Theatre developed a form of “subcultural television” rooted in queer “antisociality.” </jats:p> |