Cultural Revolution? (Paperback)

Are the cultural upheavals of the 1960s just a media myth? The "summer of love", with its ambience of marijuana and sitar music, the glitterati of swinging London, and student protesters battling with the police evoke a period of material prosperity, cultural innovation and youthful rebellion. But how significant were the radical aspirations and utopian ideals of the sixties? And what is the legacy of the social, political and cultural transformations which characterized the decade? In an interdisciplinary collection of specially commissioned essays, the contributors to "Cultural Revolution" uncover the complex economic and political contexts in which these changes took place. Covering a wide variety of art forms - drama, television, film, poetry, the novel, popular music, dance, cinema and the visual arts - they investigate how sixties' culture became politicized, and how its inherent contradictions still have repercussions for the arts today. Contributors include John Seed, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Alf Louvre, Stuart Laing, Jane Lewis, and Martin Priestman. This book should be of interest to undergraduates studying cultural studies, media and communications, social sciences and social