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DescriptionArmed with cheap digital technologies and a fiercely independent spirit, millions of young people from around the world have taken cultural production into their own hands, crafting their own clothing lines, launching their own record labels, and forging a vast, collaborative network of impassioned amateurs more interested in making than consuming. DIY Style tells the story of this international do-it-yourself (DIY) movement through a major case study of one of its biggest, but least known contingents: the "indie" music and fashion scene of the predominantly Muslim Southeast Asian island nation of Indonesia. Through rich ethnographic detail, in-depth historical analysis, and cutting-edge social theory, the book chronicles the rise of DIY culture in Indonesia, and also explores the phenomenon in Europe and the United States, painting an evocative portrait of vibrant communities who are not only making and distributing popular culture on their own terms, but working to tear down the barriers between production and consumption, third and first world, global and local. Promotion infoA lively and original exploration of the contemporary DIY/indie fashion scene, with a major case study focussing on Indonesia. Author descriptionBrent Luvaas is Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University, USA Table of contentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction: The DIY Ethos Indonesia, Republik DIY DIY Capitalism: Class, Crisis, and the Rise of Indie Indonesia DIY in DIY (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta): Everyday Production in the Indonesian Indie Scene DIY Chic: Notes on Indie Style On Cutting and Pasting: The Art and Politics of DIY Streetwear On Site and Sound: Music and Borders in a DIY World Conclusion: The Indie Mainstream References Index |