This article provides information and history on Futurism.

This article makes connections between futurism and politics at the turn of the last century, particularly fascism.

An older article that could apply to varying investigations into the punk movement.

This article might be useful for those seeking to do a study of the evolution of punk. From the OhioLINK abstract: This article examines how older fans of punk rock articulate their continuing attachment to the music and its associated visual style.While sociological research on popular music audiences is well established, little attention has been paid to the articulation and management of fan practices of individuals beyond the age of 30. Based on ethnographic interviews conducted with older punk fans in East Kent, England, the article begins to redress this oversight in studies of popular music audiences.This involves an assessment of both the way in which articulations of punk style transgress with age from the visual to the biographical and how older punks develop particular discursive practices as a means of legitimating their place within a scene dominated by younger punk fans.

This is not a citable scholarly source, but an article listing other sources of information about hip-hop, making it a good find for those researching the topic. The OhioLINK abstract: This bibliographical essay describes a wide array of resources relating to hip-hop culture and rap music, including definitions and overviews, bibliographies, discographies, encyclopedias, historical and biographical information, articles and databases, sound and video recordings, lyrics, information about rap songs, hip-hop terminology and slang, photographs, Web sites, and research collections. The final section is devoted to collecting hip-hop and rap materials for libraries. While the essay is primarily intended to serve as a guide for music librarians who provide reference service and library instruction, and to those with collection development responsibilities, it may also prove useful to educators, students, and those beginning to conduct research on hip-hop or rap.

Hip-hop style, a controversial dress form associated with rap music culture in the 1990s, is analyzed and interpreted based on premises associated with structural approaches to semiotics. The semiotic system is isolated in time, and three coding operations are considered in terms of the relationships they establish between elements of the system and potential meanings ascribed to these: paradigmatic alignment (bipolar opposition), denotation and connotation (literal and extended descriptions), and figurative devices (implied figures of speech). Results reveal the structure of the system in terms of a dialectic between signs in the hip-hop system and signs in the system of conventional dress. Components of the rule system of conventional dress are exposed, and figurative language supporting the hip-hop system is described. The hip-hop system is construed as an example of a larger category of appearance-related systems designated extraordinary dress, poised in opposition to ordinary appearance forms. Implications include potential contributions to theory development. (From the OhioLINK abstract.)

Uniquely situated at the heart of African-American youth culture, hip-hop is about music, style and voice. In many ways hip-hop is also about political action. Any discussion of hip-hop culture and rap music lends itself to examinations of rap as a means of protest among inner-city African-American youth. But the resistive benefits of rap music are not limited to its African-American listeners as can be seen by its widespread popularity among youth of all different races, classes and nationalities. As the cultural and political voice of an entire generation of youth, hip-hop has become a means of political action for its artists and fans. In addition to its prominent resistive role, political action in the hip-hop community includes political deliberation and direct uses of hip-hop to increase political awareness and to organize collaborative action. (From the OhioLINK abstract.)

Casteras, Susan P. "Pre-Raphaelite Challenges to Victorian Canons of Beauty." Huntington Library Quarterly 55.1 (1992): 13-35. JSTOR. ITHAKA. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. This article is about how the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting challenged Victorian notions of beauty. Their depictions of reality as it was ran contrary to their contemporaries ideals, which strived for perfection. The Pre-Raphaelites showed their subjects with accurately-colored skin and irregularly-shaped heads, as all human heads are. They were on the forefront of what would come to be acceptable; phrenology and the idea that you could judge an individual by his or her appearance were gaining in popularity.

Force, William Ryan. "Consumption Styles and the Fluid Complexity of Punk Authenticity." Symbolic Interaction 32.4 (2009): 289-309. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. The article presents a study which explores on the authenticity practices of a local punk scene, and demonstrates how punk authenticity is constructed and maintained in everyday living. It discusses the role of presenting consumption styles as a set of authenticity practices with three identified consumption styles which include the open talk and interaction that publicized the possession of punk goods, the apparent stylized presentation of punk appearance in references to what seemed to look, and the repeated display of knowledge about punk subculture. It mentions that the study has observed the punk scene at sites in southeastern city with establishments that host punk performances, and with art shows and parties that are attended by punk community. (From the EBSCO abstract.)