ABSTRACT

Dissent and the Dynamics of Cultural Change: Lessons from the Underground Presses of the Late Sixties, examines alternative presses’ critique of culture at a time of infamous transformation and revolution in the United States. In this new study, author Matthew Pifer seeks to delineate the structure of dissent to better understand how cultural change is realized, and explores the relationships between the public and those cultural institutions that define the values and social norms that shaped daily life.

chapter |19 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

Structure of Dissent

section Section 1|80 pages

Oppositional Dissent

chapter 2|35 pages

Dissent and Politics

chapter 3|20 pages

Dissent and the Economy

chapter 4|17 pages

Dissent and Education

chapter |7 pages

Interlude 1

Thinking of Dissent and Physical Space

section Section 2|24 pages

An Aesthetics

chapter 5|19 pages

The Poetics of Dissent

chapter |3 pages

Interlude 2

Thinking of the Arts and Dissent

section Section 3|30 pages

Alternative Dissent

chapter 6|16 pages

Dissent and the Family

chapter |13 pages

Conclusion

Defining Dissent, a Theory of Cultural Change