Too Much

Art and Society in the Sixties 1960-75
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-48215-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1986, Too Much records the tumultuous period between 1960 and 1975 when, more than at any other time in history, the arts were a battleground for the conflicting forces of social change. With the new affluence of the Sixties the cultural conformism of the previous decade was rejected in favour of new forms of expression. Pop Art, pop music, fringe theatre and performance poetry helped to create the semi-mythological image of ‘Swinging London.’ The liberation ethic was feted as it masked the insecurities of a society in decline but, as a real political challenge to the status quo, it also led to conflict. The confrontation between official culture and the underground came in 1968, a year with its own mythical resonance. This book will be of interest to students of art, media studies and cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hewison, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Understanding Media 2. The Young Meteors 3. Bomb Culture 4. The Dialectics of Liberation 5. Goodbye Baby and Amen 6. The Party 7. The Arts in Hard Times 8. The Poverty of Theory 9. Afterwords Notes on Sources Index