Between the Avant-garde and the Everyday

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).

“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

• ForewordDetlef SiegfriedIntroductionTimothy Brown and Lorena AntonPART I: AVANT GARDESChapter 1. Gruppe Spur: Art as a Revolutionary Medium during the Cold WarMia LeeChapter 2. In Pursuit of the Invisible Revolution: Sigma in the Netherlands, 1966-1968Niek Pas PART II: SPECTACLESChapter 3. “The Brigade is Everywhere.” Violence and Spectacle in the British CountercultureSamantha ChristiansenChapter 4. Corpse Polemics: The Third World and the Politics of Gore in 1960s West GermanyQuinn SlobodianPART III: SOUNDSChapter 5. Communist Youth Groups and Rock Music in Greece in the late 1970sNikolaos PapadogiannisChapter 6. The Voice of the Other America: African-American Music and Political Protest in the German Democratic RepublicMichael RauhutPART IV: SUBCULTURESChapter 7.From England with Hate: Skinheads and “Nazi Rock” in Great Britain and GermanyTimothy BrownChapter 8. Punk Jihads: Immigrants, Sub-Cultures and Political Violence 1955-2001Alexander ClarksonPART V: SPACESChapter 9. Red State, Golden Youth: Student Culture and Political Protest in 1960s PolandMalgorzata FidelisChapter 10. In the Shadow of the Wall: Urban Space and Everyday life in Berlin KreuzbergCarla MacDougallPART VI: NETWORKSChapter 11. Between Confrontation and Frivolity? Gender and Militancy in the Czech Alter-globalisation MovementMarta KolarovaChapter 12. Protesting Bodies and Bodily Protest: A plea for a ‘thinking through the body’ in Social Movement ResearchAndrea PabstChapter 13. Post-Modern Protest? Minimal Techno and MultitudeAndrew LisonNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex