Swinging city : a cultural geography of London, 1950-1974 / Simon Rycroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rycroft, Simon, 1966-

Series:

Re-materialising cultural geography.

Re-materialising cultural geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural geography--England--London.

Cultural geography.

Counterculture--England--London.

Counterculture.

London (England)--Civilization--20th century.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contrasts two imaginings of 1960's London: the excess and comic vacuousness of Swinging London, and the radical politics generated by the city's counter-culture. These disparate combine to form a shared imagination associated with a new understanding of nature, which differently positioned humanity and technology. A study of this transformation allows for a new understanding of the dynamics of post-war London's re-emergence as a cultural capital.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Material and Immaterial Geographies of 1960's London; 2 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture I: Beat and Angry; 3 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture II: Architecture and Visual Culture; 4 Mapping Swinging London; 5 A Historical Geography of Countercultural London; 6 Rephrasing and Re-imagining Dissent: Technology, Nature and Humanity; 7 Oz, London and Cosmic Consciousness; 8 Lightshows and Multi-media Environments: Cosmic Connections and the Countercultural Subject

9 Conclusions: Post-War Vision and RepresentationReferences; Index

Notes:

"First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-317-04734-6

1-315-61166-X

1-282-90705-0

9786612907050

0-7546-8915-8

9781315611662

OCLC:

695009147