Swinging city : a cultural geography of London, 1950-1974 / / Simon Rycroft

• Autore: Rycroft Simon <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.1085
• Soggetto topico: Cultural geography - England - London; Counterculture - England - London
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) Civilization 20th century
• Note generali: "First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Material and Immaterial Geographies of 1960's London; 2 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture I: Beat and Angry; 3 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture II: Architecture and Visual Culture; 4 Mapping Swinging London; 5 A Historical Geography of Countercultural London; 6 Rephrasing and Re-imagining Dissent: Technology, Nature and Humanity; 7 Oz, London and Cosmic Consciousness; 8 Lightshows and Multi-media Environments: Cosmic Connections and the Countercultural Subject ; 9 Conclusions: Post-War Vision and RepresentationReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book contrasts two imaginings of 1960's London: the excess and comic vacuousness of Swinging London, and the radical politics generated by the city's counter-culture. These disparate combine to form a shared imagination associated with a new understanding of nature, which differently positioned humanity and technology. A study of this transformation allows for a new understanding of the dynamics of post-war London's re-emergence as a cultural capital.
• Titolo autorizzato: Swinging city
• ISBN: 1-317-04734-6; 1-315-61166-X; 1-282-90705-0; 9786612907050; 0-7546-8915-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817766903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Re-materialising cultural geography.