The Art of Resistance

Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78920-046-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Austrian and Habsburg Studies

Well before the far-right resurgence that has most recently transformed European politics, Austria’s 1999 parliamentary elections surprised the world with the unexpected success of the Freedom Party of Austria and its charismatic leader, Jörg Haider. The party’s perceived xenophobia, isolationism, and unabashed nationalism in turn inspired a massive protest movement that expressed opposition not only through street protests but also in novels, plays, films, and music. Through careful readings of this varied cultural output, The Art of Resistance traces the aesthetic styles and strategies deployed during this time, providing critical context for understanding modern Austrian history as well as the European protest movements of today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fiddler, Allyson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Austria Gets the ‘Blues’: Setting the Scene for Protest

Chapter 2. Performing Politics: On the Sounds, Symbols and Sites of Resistance

Chapter 3. Novel Responses: Protest in Prose

Chapter 4. Projecting Protest: Resistance on Screen

Chapter 5. Staging Resistance: Dramatic Themes and Interventions

Conclusion: The Colours of 2016 and 2017: Green, Blue … Turquoise

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fiddler, Allyson
Allyson Fiddler is Professor of German and Austrian Studies at Lancaster University and one of the foremost scholars on the work of Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek. Her books include Rewriting Reality: An Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek (1994) and 'Other' Austrians: Post-1945 Austrian Women’s Writing (1998).

Allyson Fiddler is Professor of German and Austrian Studies at Lancaster University and one of the foremost scholars on the work of Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek. Her books include Rewriting Reality: An Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek (1994) and 'Other' Austrians: Post-1945 Austrian Women’s Writing (1998).