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Berghahn Books Between the Avant-garde and the Everyday Subversive Politics in Europe from 1957 to the Present 2011 Edition by Timothy Brown, Lorena Anton
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 with the multifaceted link between culture and politics, highlighting lesser-known case studies and opening new perspectives on the development of anti-authoritarian politics in Europe from the 1950s to the fall of Communism and beyond. Table of contents :- ForewordDetlef SiegfriedIntroductionTimothy Brown and Lorena AntonPART I: AVANT GARDESChapter 1. Gruppe Spur: Art as a Revolutionary Medium during the Cold WarMia LeeChapter 2. In Pursuit of the Invisible Revolution: Sigma in the Netherlands, 1966-1968Niek Pas PART II: SPECTACLESChapter 3. "The Brigade is Everywhere." Violence and Spectacle in the British CountercultureSamantha ChristiansenChapter 4. Corpse Polemics: The Third World and the Politics of Gore in 1960s West GermanyQuinn SlobodianPART III: SOUNDSChapter 5. Communist Youth Groups and Rock Music in Greece in the late 1970sNikolaos PapadogiannisChapter 6. The Voice of the Other America: African-American Music and Political Protest in the German Democratic RepublicMichael RauhutPART IV: SUBCULTURESChapter 7.From England with Hate: Skinheads and "Nazi Rock" in Great Britain and GermanyTimothy BrownChapter 8. Punk Jihads: Immigrants, Sub-Cultures and Political Violence 1955-2001Alexander ClarksonPART V: SPACESChapter 9. Red State, Golden Youth: Student Culture and Political Protest in 1960s PolandMalgorzata FidelisChapter 10. In the Shadow of the Wall: Urban Space and Everyday life in Berlin KreuzbergCarla MacDougallPART VI: NETWORKSChapter 11. Between Confrontation and Frivolity? Gender and Militancy in the Czech Alter-globalisation MovementMarta KolarovaChapter 12. Protesting Bodies and Bodily Protest: A plea for a 'thinking through the body' in Social Movement ResearchAndrea PabstChapter 13. Post-Modern Protest? Minimal Techno and MultitudeAndrew LisonNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex