Simon Rycroft

Swinging City

A Cultural Geography of London 1950-1974

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contrasts two imaginings of 1960s London: the excess and comic vacuousness of Swinging London, and the radical politics generated by the city's counter-culture. These disparate perspectives 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780754648307
• ISBN-10: 0754648303
• Artikelnr.: 45635997

Autorenporträt

Simon Rycroft, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Sussex, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Material and Immaterial Geographies of 1960s London
Chapter 2 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture I: Beat and Angry
Chapter 3 The Long Front of Material and Immaterial Culture II: Architecture and Visual Culture
Chapter 4 Mapping Swinging London
Chapter 5 A Historical Geography of Countercultural London
Chapter 6 Rephrasing and Reimagining Dissent: Technology, Nature and Humanity
Chapter 7 Oz, London and Cosmic Consciousness
Chapter 8 Lightshows and Multi-media Environments: Cosmic Connections and the Countercultural Subject
Chapter 9 Conclusions: Post-War Vision and Representation