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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789788603321

Titolo

Between the Avant-Garde and the everyday [[electronic resource] ] : subversive politics in Europe from 1957 to the present / / edited by Timothy Brown and Lorena Anton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

0-85745-079-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Protest, culture and society ; ; v. 6

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownTimothy Scott

AntonLorena

Disciplina

303.48/409409045

Soggetti

Protest movements - Europe - History - 20th century

Youth movements - Europe - History - 20th century

Radicalism - Europe - History - 20th century

Art and popular culture - Europe - History - 20th century

Counterculture - Europe - History - 20th century

Europe Social conditions 20th century

Europe Politics and government 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Between the Avant-Garde and the Everyday; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Avant-Gardes; Chapter 1. The Gruppe Spur; Chapter 2. In Pursuit of the Invisible Revolution; Part II. Spectacles; Chapter 3. "The Brigade Is Everywhere"; Chapter 4. Corpse Polemics; Part III. Sounds; Chapter 5. Greek Communist Youth Identities and Rock Music in the Late 1970s; Chapter 6. The Voice of the Other America; Part IV. Subcultures; Chapter 7. From England with Hate; Chapter 8. Punk Jihads; Part V. Spaces; Chapter 9. Red State, Golden Youth

Chapter 10. In the Shadow of the WallPart VI. Networks; Chapter 11. Between Confrontation and Frivolity?; Chapter 12. Protesting Bodies and Bodily Protest; Chapter 13. Postmodern Protest?; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term "1968" can by no means be confined under the rubric of "protest,"



understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to "1968" frequently involved attempts to elaborate resistance within the realm of culture generally, and in the arts in particular. This blurring of the boundary between art and politics was a characteristic development of the political activism of the postwar period. This volume brings together a group of essays concerned