Artistic Utopias of Revolt Claremont Road, Reclaim the Streets, and the City of Sol /

This book analyses the aesthetic and utopian dimensions of various activist social movements in Western Europe since 1989. Through a series of case studies, it demonstrates how dreams of a better society have manifested themselves in contexts of political confrontation, and how artistic forms have p...

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1. Verfasser: Ramírez Blanco, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schriftenreihe:Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
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ISBN:9783319714226
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction: Art as Language, Utopia as Discourse
  • 2. Activism as a Place: The British Anti-Roads Movement and the Squatted Street of Claremont Road
  • 3. The Reclaim the Streets Protest Parties in London
  • 4. Interlude: The Globalization of the Aesthetics of Protest
  • 5. Disobedience as an Urban Form: The Acampadasol in Madrid
  • 6. Notes Towards a Conclusion
  • Chronology of Events
  • Glossary
  • Index.