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Paull, Emily J., and Wendy L. Morris. "Stereotyping and Nonconformity:The Effects of Punk Music on Social Behavior." Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research 13.4 (2008): 173-183. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. At McDaniel College they tested 150 studets to see if punk music made the students "nonconformist". Each student was given punk, popular, or no music to listen to. The punk group exibited more conformity than the other groups, opposite to what we would expect. A second study was done to see whom students associated with punk music.

Van Ham, Lane. "Reading Early Punk as Secularized Sacred Clowning." Journal of Popular Culture 42.2 (2009): 318-338. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 8 Nov. 2010. This article desribes early mass media and their relationships to punks rock bands in the 1970's. It also explains the sterotypes of "Scared Clowns" and "Holy Fools". Both sterotypes have negative meanings, often refering to someone as a scared clown or holy fool would mean that they are stupid or shameful.

San Juan, E.J. "Antonio Gramsci on Surrealism and the Avant-Garde. " Journal of Aesthetic Education 37.2 (2003): 31-45. Ohio Link. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how Surrealism began. Surrealism has formed and progressed in history from the works of Salvador Dali (one of the core artists within Surrealism) with the hope of building a society based liberty and justice. Surrealism has been said to clarify the questions within this art movement and provide a better understanding of the works done. Though it has been built from the French language, Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, founded the innovative journal and expressed that art is "the historicization and objectification of vision/intuition." Surrealists believe in the possibilities of unrealistic thoughts and illogical behavior that can build up to contemporary ideas in art. The surrealist movement has interpreted an inspiring, yet different interpretation of reality.