DiY Culture

DiY Culture Party & Protest in Nineties Britain

Paperback (26 Jun 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and all-night raves across the land-these are the spectacular features of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY Culture lays to rest the myth of "Thatcher's children," for the flags are flying again-green, red and black.
Editor George McKay claims that popular protest today is characterized by a culture of immediacy and direct action. Gathered together here for the first time is a collection of in-depth and reflective pieces by activists and other key figures in DiY culture, telling their own stories and histories. From the environmentalist to the video activist, the raver to the road protester, the neo-pagan to the anarcho-capitalist, the authors demonstrate how the counterculture of the nineties offers a vibrant, provocative and positive alternative to institutionalized unemployment and the restricted freedoms and legislated pleasures of UK plc.

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Verso

Verso

Verso Books is the largest independent, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world, publishing one hundred books a year.

Book information

ISBN: 9781859842607
Publisher: Verso
Imprint: Verso
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.235094109049
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 310
Weight: 448g
Height: 217mm
Width: 143mm
Spine width: 20mm