Manchester University Press and The Subcultures Network’s new Subcultures and Social Change series is an ambitious, interdisciplinary exploration of how cultural practices and communities shape and are shaped by history, identity and social change. This series broadens the lens of ‘subculture’ from youth, style and popular music to include a wider range of social fields such as sex, politics, religion and leisure.
Books in the series will each take a different approach to the transformative potential of subcultures as sites of agency, autonomy and resistance, offering critical insights into how individuals and groups navigate and challenge societal structures. The series aims to:
- Investigate how cultural communities and practices develop and sustain distinctive ‘ways of life’.
- Explore the interplay between subcultures and broader processes of social and political change.
- Stimulate cross-disciplinary dialogue among historians, sociologists, cultural theorists and practitioners beyond academia.
Central to the series is an inquiry into the utility of ‘subculture’ as an analytical framework. Can it illuminate the shared practices of diverse groups, from Quakers to rubber fetishists, communists to trainspotters? By interrogating these questions, the series positions subcultures as a vital lens through which to understand the complexities of community, identity and social and political transformation.
Through rigorous research and innovative perspectives, Subcultures and Social Change offers a platform for exploring how cultural forms both reflect and reshape the human experience, enriching our understanding of the past, present and future of subculture.
Edited by: The Subcultures Network
To submit a proposal, please complete the proposal form and return to Meredith Carroll.
Editorial Board:
Stephen Brooke (York University)
Monique Charles (Chapman University)
Hannah Charnock (University of Bristol)
Sian Edwards (University of Winchester)
Kirsty Fairclough (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton)
William Henry (University of West London)
Ben Jones (University of East Anglia)
Lucy Robinson (University of Sussex)
Sarah Raine (University College Dublin)
Meagan Sylvester (Trinidad and Tobago)
Chris Warne (University of Sussex)
Elke Weesjes (City University New York)
Pete Webb (University of the West of England)
David Wilkinson (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Matthew Worley (University of Reading)