California noise: Tinkering with hardcore and heavy metal in Southern California

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-702

  Waksman, Steve ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Do it yourself; Electric guitar; Masculinity; Popular music; Sound; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244250394     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312704047614     Document Type: Article

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