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Protest Cultures

Protest Cultures

Kathrin Fahlenbrach | Martin Klimke | Joachim Scharloth

(2016)

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Abstract

Protest is a ubiquitous and richly varied social phenomenon, one that finds expression not only in modern social movements and political organizations but also in grassroots initiatives, individual action, and creative works. It constitutes a distinct cultural domain, one whose symbolic content is regularly deployed by media and advertisers, among other actors. Yet within social movement scholarship, such cultural considerations have been comparatively neglected. Protest Cultures: A Companion dramatically expands the analytical perspective on protest beyond its political and sociological aspects. It combines cutting-edge synthetic essays with concise, accessible case studies on a remarkable array of protest cultures, outlining key literature and future lines of inquiry.


Martin Klimke is Associate Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi. He is the author of The Other Alliance: Global Protest and Student Unrest in West Germany and the US, 1962–1972 (2010) and co-author of A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African‐American GIs, and Germany (2010).


Kathrin Fahlenbrach is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She is the author of Audiovisual Metaphors: Embodied and Affective Aesthetics of Film and Television (2010) and co-editor of Media and Revolt: Strategies and Performances from the 1960s to the Present (2014).


Joachim Scharloth is a Professor at School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University, Japan. His publications include 1968 in Europe: A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-1977 (2008) and Between Prague Spring and French May: Opposition and Revolt in Europe, 1960-1980 (2011), both co-edited with Martin Klimke.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Title Page iii
Table of Contents v
List of Figures x
List of Tables xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Part I. Perspectives on Protest 11
Chapter 1. Protest in Social Movements 13
Chapter 2. Protest Cultures in Social Movements 26
Chapter 3. Protest in the Research on Sub- and Countercultures 33
Chapter 4. Protest as Symbolic Politics 48
Chapter 5. Protest and Lifestyle 65
Chapter 6. Protest as Artistic Expression 77
Chapter 7. Protest as a Media Phenomenon 94
Part II. Morphology of Protest: Constructing Reality 115
Chapter 8. Ideologies/Cognitive Orientation 117
Chapter 9. Frames and Framing Processes 124
Chapter 10. Cultural Memory 130
Chapter 11. Narratives 137
Chapter 12. Utopia 146
Chapter 13. Identity 153
Chapter 14. Emotion 160
Chapter 15. Commitment 166
Part III. Morphology of Protest: Media 171
Chapter 16. Body 173
Chapter 17. Dance as Protest 181
Chapter 18. Violence/Militancy 190
Chapter 19. The Role of Humor in Protest Culture 198
Chapter 20. Fashion in Social Movements 205
Chapter 21. Action’s Design 213
Chapter 22. Alternative Media 221
Chapter 23. Graffiti 228
Chapter 24. Posters and Placards 233
Chapter 25. Images and Imagery of Protest 243
Chapter 26. Typography and Text Design 259
Chapter 27. Political Music and Protest Song 264
Part IV. Morphology of Protest: Domains of Protest Actions 273
Chapter 28. The Public Sphere 275
Chapter 29. Public Space 284
Chapter 30. Everyday Life 294
Chapter 31. Cyberspace 303
Part V. Morphology of Protest: Re-Presentation of Protest 315
Chapter 32. Witness and Testimony 317
Chapter 33. Media Coverage 326
Chapter 34. Archives 334
Part VI. Pragmatics of Protest: Protest Practices 341
Chapter 35. Uttering 343
Chapter 36. Street Protest 352
Chapter 37. Insult and Devaluation 359
Chapter 38. Public Debating 366
Chapter 39. Media Campaigning 372
Chapter 40. Theatrical Protest 382
Chapter 41. Movie/Cinema 389
Chapter 42. Civil Disobedience 397
Chapter 43. Creating Temporary Autonomous Zones 406
Chapter 44. Mummery 414
Chapter 45. Recontextualization of Signs and Fakes 420
Chapter 46. Clandestinity 427
Chapter 47. Violence/Destruction 436
Part VII. Pragmatics of Protest: Reactions to Protest Actions 449
Chapter 48. Political and Institutional Confrontation 451
Chapter 49. Suppression of Protest 462
Chapter 50. Cultural Conflicts in the Discursive Field 472
Chapter 51. Assimilation of Protest Codes 479
Chapter 52. Corporate Reactions 488
Part VIII. Pragmatics of Protest: Long-Term Consequences 497
Chapter 53. Biographical Impact 499
Chapter 54. Changing Gender Roles 509
Chapter 55. Founding of Milieus 517
Chapter 56. Diffusion of Symbolic Forms 528
Chapter 57. Political Correctness 539
Index 547