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by Kaya Oakes

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As the signature style bleeds into mainstream fashion, the individuality of the indie movement seems to be losing ground. Oakes demonstrates how this phase is part of the natural cycle of a culture that reinvents itself continuously to preserve its core ideals.

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A lively examination of the spirit and practices that have made the indie movement into a powerful cultural phenomenon

You know the look: skinny jeans, Chuck Taylors, perfectly mussed bed-head hair; You know the music: Modest Mouse, the Shins, Pavement. You know the ethos: DIY with a big helping of irony. But what does it really mean to be "indie"?

As popular television shows adopt indie soundtracks and the signature style bleeds into mainstream fashion, the quirky individuality of the movement seems to be losing ground. In Slanted and Enchanted, Kaya Oakes demonstrates how this phase is part of the natural cycle of a culture that reinvents itself continuously to preserve its core ideals of experimentation, freedom, and collaboration.

Through interviews and profiles of the artists who have spearheaded the cause over the years--including Mike Watt, David Berman, Kathleen Hanna, and Dan Clowes--Oakes examines the collective creativity and cross-genre experimentation that are the hallmarks of this popular lifestyle trend. Her visits to music festivals, craft fairs, and smaller collectives around the country round out the story, providing a compelling portayal of indie life on the ground. Culminating in the current indie milieu of music, crafting, style, art, comics, and zines, Oakes reveals from whence indie came and where it will go next.

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  • Title Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture
  • Author Kaya Oakes
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1 Original
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holt Paperbacks, New York
  • Publication date 2009-06-09
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780805088526 / 0805088520
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Arts and society - United States, Indie culture - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008045286
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.92

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 04/01/2009, Page 77
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/27/2009, Page 121

About the author

Kaya Oakes is the co-founder of Kitchen Sink magazine, which received the Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Magazine in 2002. Currently a writing instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, she has lived the indie life for more than twenty years.

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