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DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain


DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain

Paperback by McKay, George; Plows, Alex; Aufheben; Hemment, Drew; Monbiot, George; Rietveld, Hillegonda; Carey, Jim; Jordan, John; Wright, Mary Anna; Harding, Thomas; Malyon, Tim

DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain

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ISBN:
9781859842607
Publication Date:
17 Jul 1998
Language:
English
Publisher:
Verso Books
Pages:
324 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 21 - 23 May 2024
DiY Culture: Party and Protest in Nineties Britain

Description

Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and all-night raves across the land-these are the spectacular features of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY Culture lays to rest the myth of "Thatcher's children," for the flags are flying again-green, red and black. Editor George McKay claims that popular protest today is characterized by a culture of immediacy and direct action. Gathered together here for the first time is a collection of in-depth and reflective pieces by activists and other key figures in DiY culture, telling their own stories and histories. From the environmentalist to the video activist, the raver to the road protester, the neo-pagan to the anarcho-capitalist, the authors demonstrate how the counterculture of the nineties offers a vibrant, provocative and positive alternative to institutionalized unemployment and the restricted freedoms and legislated pleasures of UK plc.

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