Dissent and the Dynamics of Cultural Change: Lessons from the Underground Presses of the Late Sixties

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	The Sixties in Discourse
	Mainstream Press
	Anthologizing the Sixties
	Structure of the Analysis
1 Structure of Dissent
	Culture and Its Features
	The Etymology of Dissent
	Analytical Framework
	Conclusion
SECTION 1 Oppositional Dissent
	2 Dissent and Politics
		The Political Institution
		Dissenting Practices
			The New Left and the Great Refusal
			Civil Rights Movement and the Question of Praxis
			External and Internal Colonialism
			Social Justice
			Vietnam War and the “Culture of Death”
			The Resistance
			The Draft
			Dissent and Place
		Conclusion
	3 Dissent and the Economy
		The Economic Institution
		Late Capitalism or Advanced Industrial Society
		Problems with Capitalism
			Military-Industrial Complex
			Passive Media, Television and the Conditioning of America
			Money Economy
			Automation or the New Industrialism
		Means of Reforming the Economy
			The Guaranteed Annual Income
			Communes
		Conclusion
	4 Dissent and Education
		Educational Institution
		Underground Press’ Critique of Education
		The Sciences and Humanities
		Conclusion
	Interlude 1: Thinking of Dissent and Physical Space
		Defining Inner-City Space
		Dissenting Stories
		First Frame: Occupying Space
		Second Frame: Embodied Space
		Third Frame: Practiced Place
		Changing Meanings: The Counter-Monument Project
SECTION 2 An Aesthetics
	5 The Poetics of Dissent
		Aesthetics
		Liberation Subjectivity
		Poetics of Dissent
			Critiquing the “Mass” in Mass Media
			The Artistic Manifesto
			Mode of Expression
			The Rhetoric of the Underground
			Designing the Press
			Rock Music
			Poetry
		Conclusion
	Interlude 2: Thinking of the Arts and Dissent
SECTION 3 Alternative Dissent
	6 Dissent and the Family
		The Institution of the Family
		The Tribe
		Feminism and Sexuality
		The Feminist Papers
		The Making of the Body
		Gay Papers
		Conclusion
	Conclusion: Defining Dissent, a Theory of Cultural Change
		Defining Dissent
		Implications for Today
		Digio-Electracy: The Role of Contemporary Social Media in Socio-Political Activism
		The Platform
		Participation versus Motivation
		Rhetorical Framing, Fracturing but Not Controlling the Message
		Integration of Social Media Genres into Dissenting Practices
Bibliography
Index