Cultural resistance reader / [edited by] Stephen Duncombe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duncombe, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--History.

Political participation.

Dissenters--History.

Dissenters.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 447 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2002.

Summary:

From the Diggers seizing St. Georges Hill in 1649 to Hacktivists staging virtual sit-ins in the 21st century, from the retributive fantasies of Robin Hoods to those of gangsta rappers, culture has long been used as a political weapon. This expansive and carefully crafted reader brings together many of the classic texts that help to define culture as a tool of resistance. In these pages can be found the work of Karl Marx, Matthew Arnold, Antonio Gramsci, C.L.R. James, Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Virginia Woolf, Mikhail Bakhtin, Stuart Hall, Christopher Hill, Janice Radway, Eric Hobsbawm, Abbie Hoffman, Mahatma Gandhi, Dick Hebdige, Hakim Bey, Raymond Williams, Robin Kelley, Tom Frank and more than a dozen others including a number of new activists/authors published here for the first time. This book is a tool for cultural activists and political organizers, but most importantly, Cultural Resistance will inspire everyday readers to resist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1859846599

1859843794

OCLC:

48835018