Tattoos
Wojcik, in his book Punk and Neo-Tribal Body Art, examines the aesthetics (or anti-aesthetics) or the punk rock style of the late 1970s and early ''80s. More specifically, Wojcik looks at piercing, tattooing and other forms of body modifications associated with this movement. Wojcik examines this sub-culture's trends from two angles - in the 1970s, he too was swept up by it's appeal, and now, as a folklorist he can look at it from a more detached view. In regards to being a part of the punk rock movement Wojcik says: "There was something exciting about it: the music, the attitude, the shock aesthetic, the do-it-yourself aspect, the sense of irony, the horror and condemnation that it evoked in the media. Early punk style was like a form of Dadaism enacted in the streets - a grassroots swelling of expressive culture that exploded into music and art, body adornment and performance." As a folklorist, Wojcik is interested in the cultures of everyday people. "I'm interested in the ways that the punk movement, especially punk body adornment, challenged dominant ideas in society: ideas about appearance, the body, gender, sexuality, fashion, the music industry, you name it . . . Early punk was exciting because it was dangerous and threaten
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