Between the Avant-garde and the Everyday: Subversive Politics in Europe from 1957 to the Present

Published by Berghahn Books 2011

Between the Avant-garde and the Everyday

Subversive Politics in Europe from 1957 to the Present

Edited by: Timothy Brown and Lorena Anton

Volume 6 in the series Protest, Culture & Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450791

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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.

Author / Editor information

Timothy Brown is Associate Professor of History at Northeastern University. He is the author of Weimar Radicals: Nazis and Communists between Authenticity and Performance (Berghahn, 2009). He is currently writing a monograph entitled 1968: West Germany in the World (Cambridge, 2013).

Lorena Anton is Assistant Professor in Ethnology at University of Bucharest, Romania. Her recent publications and current research interests focus on the history and memory of communism in Europe, the anthropology of reproductive health and contemporary developments in European anthropological sciences.

Timothy Brown is Associate Professor of History at Northeastern University. He is the author of Weimar Radicals: Nazis and Communists between Authenticity and Performance (Berghahn, 2009). He is currently writing a monograph entitled 1968: West Germany in the World (Cambridge, 2013).

Reviews

“The book engages important and intriguing questions about culture and politics and makes a contribution to contemporary history. The essays fit together well, with a nice trajectory that includes a chronological element. The topics engaged are generally “fresh” and new, but I was also impressed by the rich historiography.” • Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College

“This volume presents many new insights into a subject that has not yet been analysed systematically enough. It therefore represents an important contribution to the history of subcultures and will no doubt have a considerable influence on the scholarly debate on this topic.” • Detlef Siegfried, University of Copenhagen

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Detlef Siegfried Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Timothy Brown and Lorena Anton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Avant-Gardes
Chapter 1 The Gruppe Spur Art as a Revolutionary Medium during the Cold War Mia Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2 In Pursuit of the Invisible Revolution Sigma in the Netherlands, 1966–1968 Niek Pas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Part II Spectacles
Chapter 3 “The Brigade Is Everywhere” Violence and Spectacle in the British Counterculture Samantha M. R. Christiansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 4 Corpse Polemics The Third World and the Politics of Gore in 1960s West Germany Quinn Slobodian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Part III Sounds
Chapter 5 Greek Communist Youth Identities and Rock Music in the Late 1970s Nikolaos Papadogiannis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 6 The Voice of the Other America African-American Music and Political Protest in the German Democratic Republic Michael Rauhut Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Part IV Subcultures
Chapter 7 From England with Hate Skinheads and “Nazi Rock” in Great Britain and Germany Timothy Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 8 Punk Jihads Immigrants, Subcultures and Political Violence, 1955–2001 Alexander Clarkson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Part V Spaces
Chapter 9 Red State, Golden Youth Student Culture and Political Protest in 1960s Poland Malgorzata Fidelis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter 10 In the Shadow of the Wall Urban Space and Everyday Life in Kreuzberg Carla MacDougall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Part VI Networks
Chapter 11 Between Confrontation and Frivolity? Gender and Militancy in the Czech Alter-globalization Movement Marta Kolárová Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter 12 Protesting Bodies and Bodily Protest “Th inking through the Body” in Social Movement Studies Andrea Pabst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Chapter 13 Postmodern Protest? Minimal Techno and Multitude Andrew Lison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Conclusion Timothy Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present

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Published: July 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780857450791