Rio Goldhammer

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Books / Chapters

Goldhammer, Rio (2024). Yorkshire Über Alles: An Ethnography of identity, class, and myth among first-wave Post-Punks. Leeds Beckett University. Thesis. https://doi.org/10.25448/lbu.26307688.v1

Goldhammer, R. (2020) Dance and Drink the Fenton: Fighting for Territory in Leeds’ Culture Wars. In: Lashua B., Spracklen, K., Ross, K., and Thompson, P. (eds) Popular Music in Leeds: Histories, Heritage, People and Places. Chicago: University Press

Goldhammer R. (2019) Provincial Towns and Yorkshire Cities: Post-Punk Sounds, Suburban Escape, and Metro-Hegemony. In: Lashua B., Wagg S., Spracklen K., Yavuz M. (eds) Sounds and the City. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal articles

Goldhammer, R. (2021) “Authenticity in an insider-in ethnography of post-punk”. Punk & Post Punk, 10 (3) pp. 439-461.

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "After the apocalypse: Identity and legitimacy in the postdigital heavy metal subculture".
Metal Music Studies, 3 (1) pp. 135–143.

Conference papers

Goldhammer, R. (2019) “‘Not you, you’re OK’: Race, Gender, and Oppositionality in Yorkshire Post-Punk Identity”, paper presented to the British Sociological Association (BSA) Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK. 24-26 April. <https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/bsa-annual-conference-2019-challenging-social-hierarchies-and-inequalities/programme/>

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "Lynch Mobs and Salami Tactics: Post-Punk, Northernness, and Masculinity at the Inaugural Ripper Trial", paper presented to The fourth Punk Scholars Network Conference and Symposium, Bolton, UK. 12-13 December. <http://www.bolton.ac.uk/punk/2017/05/22/the-fourth-punk-scholars-network-conference-and-post-graduate-symposium/>

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "Black Stone and Brutal Steel: Mythology and the built environment in post-punk Leeds", paper presented to Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Conference, Leeds, UK. 4-6 July. <http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/events/faculty-events/leisure-studies-association-lsa-conference/#programme>

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "The perennial other: Goths, Townies, and Counterculture in Leeds during the Post-Punk Revival", paper presented to Boundaries and Ties: The place of metal music in communities,  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 9-11 June. <http://hcmc.uvic.ca/boundariesandties/program.php>

Selected other publications

Goldhammer, R. (2022) “Council Tax Is Broken. Devolution Could Fix It”. Novara Media, June 8.

Goldhammer, R. (2021) “Kevo: The Kop Cat”. The Square Ball, February 7.

Goldhammer, R. (2020) “Eurovision 2020 may be cancelled, but Will Ferrell’s affectionate spoof will keep diehard fans happy” [Film Review]. The Conversation, June 26.

Goldhammer, R. (2018) “Three Lions roar: the mixed fortunes of England’s football anthems”. The Conversation, July 10.

Goldhammer, R. (2018) "Hannah Arendt Was Here: The Ontology of Conscience". Souciant, February 2.

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "Pro Wrestling and the Accidental Avant Garde". Souciant, October 3.

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "Ten ways the UK could ensure a Eurovision Triumph". The Conversation, May 12.

Goldhammer, R. (2017) "New globalism: A counterculture that could redraw the world map". The Conversation, January 6. (Republished: The Independent, Newsweek, and more...)