Paris-Amsterdam Underground: Essays on Cultural Resistance, Subversion, and Diversion

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2013

Paris-Amsterdam Underground

Essays on Cultural Resistance, Subversion, and Diversion

Edited by: Christoph Lindner and Andrew Hussey

In the series Cities and Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048518203

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About this book

The postwar histories of Paris and Amsterdam have been significantly defined by the notion of the “underground” as both a material and metaphorical space. Examining the underground traffic between the two cities, this book interrogates the countercultural histories of Paris and Amsterdam in the mid to late-twentieth century. Shuttling between Paris and Amsterdam, as well as between postwar avant-gardism and twenty-first century global urbanism, this interdisciplinary book seeks to create a mirroring effect over the notion of the underground as a driving force in the making of the contemporary European city.

Author / Editor information

Christoph Lindner is professor of media studies and director of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. Andrew Hussey is dean of the University of London Institute in Paris and author of Paris: The Secret History.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
Foreword David Pinder Open Access Download PDF	9
1. Concepts and Practices of the Underground Christoph Lindner and Andrew Hussey Open Access Download PDF	13
Part 1: Projections
2. Metromania or the Undersides of Painting Sophie Berrebi Open Access Download PDF	23
3. Mapping Utopia: Debord and Constant between Amsterdam and Paris Andrew Hussey Open Access Download PDF	37
4. Amsterdam’s Sexual Underground in the 1960s Gert Hekma Open Access Download PDF	49
Part 2: Mobility
5. Detours, Delays, Derailments: La Petite Jérusalem and Slow Training in Culture Sudeep Dasgupta Open Access Download PDF	65
6. Underground Visions: Strategies of Resistance along the Amsterdam Metro Lines Ginette Verstraete Open Access Download PDF	77
7. Underground Circulation: The Beats in Paris and Beyond Allen Hibbard Open Access Download PDF	97
Part 3: Visibility
8. (In)audible Frequencies: Sounding out the Contemporary Branded City Carolyn Birdsall Open Access Download PDF	115
9. Red Lights and Legitimate Trade: Paying for Sex in the Branded City Joyce Goggin Open Access Download PDF	133
10. Visibly Underground: When Clandestine Workers Take the Law into Their Own Hands Anna-Louise Milne Open Access Download PDF	147
11. Archaeology of the Parisian Underground Stephen W. Sawyer Open Access Download PDF	159
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	171
Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	183
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	185
Index Open Access Download PDF	189

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 200
Illustrations
- Other: 22 halftones

eBook

Published: January 29, 2013
ISBN: 9789048518203