In this small-scale study, Mark Bedford explores whether, and to what extent, people whose youthful cultural identity was linked to punk subculture have been influenced by this in their later lives.
He introduces the method of ‘analytical autoethnography’, and you should think about how this might prove useful for exploring other sociological issues. He explains that his subjects were drawn from his own social circle, and discusses some potential problems associated with this. Note that, despite the personal connection between researcher and subjects, the use of this method places the findings in a social analytic context and allows them to be subject to theoretical analysis.
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