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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ramírez Blanco, Julia (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
• Θέματα: Europe-History-1492-.; History, Modern.; Cities and towns-History.; World politics.; Civilization-History.; History of Modern Europe.; Modern History.; Urban History.; Political History.; Cultural History.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.