Dissent and the Dynamics of Cultural Change: Lessons from the Underground Presses of the Late Sixties (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)

Dissent and the Dynamics of Cultural Change: Lessons from the Underground Presses of the Late Sixties, examines alternative presses’ critique of culture at a time of infamous transformation and revolution in the United States. In this new study, author Matthew Pifer seeks to __delineate the structure of dissent__ to better understand how cultural change is realized, and explores the relationships between the public and those cultural institutions that define the values and social norms that shaped daily life. 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 In Dissent and the Dynamics of Cultural Change, author Matthew Pifer seeks to delineate the structure of dissent to better understand how cultural change is realized, and explores the relationships between the public and those cultural institutions that define the values and social norms that shaped daily life.