The microphone is brilliant

Are the subcultures of punks, skinheads, but also hip-hoppers or techno fans a political protest, or just entertainment for their participants? And what does politics even mean in such an environment? Is it part of the subcultural style, does it only manifest itself in interaction with the power of the majority society, or is it negotiated within subcultural scenes along themes such as their self-reproduction or gender relations? Can we say how the relationship between hardcore and politics differs in Prague and in a smaller town? And are all skinheads racist?
This text is the result of extensive research by an interdisciplinary team covering various areas where politics takes place in subcultural scenes. The book guides the reader through the lyrics of various skinhead bands, the ideologies of the contemporary hardcore scene, and the dialogue of Rožnov punks with the thoughts and actions of Václav Havel. It also presents the development of Prague's squatting scene, shows the consequences of the cyclical moral panic surrounding the Czechtek technoparty on the freetekno community, and analyses gender relations in the punk and hip-hop subcultures.