ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the underground press’ critique of the family as a structure of dominance is examined through the discourse of the family unit, feminism, the body, and sexuality. In the underground press, the family was often reimagined as the “tribe,” which was characterized by communal alliances rather than those associated with individual family units, which tended to fracture social cohesion and, therefore, resistance. Along with the tribe, the underground press promoted alternative modes of spirituality, such as those facilitated through drugs and Eastern religions, as a means of enhancing social cohesion. The resistance to the family as a dominant cultural form was illustrated through feminist and Gay struggles to recode discourses that structured the meaning of both the body and the sexuality.
