Description
Book Synopsis Protest is a ubiquitous and richly varied social phenomenon, one that finds expression not only in modern social movements and political organizations but also in grassroots initiatives, individual action, and creative works. It constitutes a distinct cultural domain, one whose symbolic content is regularly deployed by media and advertisers, among other actors. Yet within social movement scholarship, such cultural considerations have been comparatively neglected. Protest Cultures: A Companion dramatically expands the analytical perspective on protest beyond its political and sociological aspects. It combines cutting-edge synthetic essays with concise, accessible case studies on a remarkable array of protest cultures, outlining key literature and future lines of inquiry.
Trade Review “This volume definitely provides an important starting point: It helps explain how different protest movements construct their own reality, use media in novel ways, organize actions across all spheres of public life, and involve various representations, their very own language, as well as different forms of rule breaking. And it repeatedly reminds us how much work there still is to be done—how little we actually know about why and how protest occurs.” • German Politics and Society
Table of Contents List of Figures
List of Tables
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Martin Klimke, and Joachim Scharloth
PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON PROTEST
Chapter 1. Protest in Social Movements
Donatella Della Porta
Chapter 2. Protest Cultures in Social Movements: Dimensions and Functions
Dieter Rucht
Chapter 3. Protest in the Research on Sub- and Countercultures
Rupa Huq
Chapter 4. Protest as Symbolic Politics
Jana Günther
Chapter 5. Protest and Lifestyle
Nick Crossley
Chapter 6. Protest as Artistic Expression
T.V. Reed
Chapter 7. Protest as a Media Phenomenon
Kathrin Fahlenbrach
PART II: MORPHOLOGY OF PROTEST
Chapter 8. Ideologies/Cognitive Orientation
Ruth Kinna
Chapter 9. Frames and Framing Processes
David A. Snow
Chapter 10. Cultural Memory
Lorena Anton
Chapter 11. Narratives
Jakob Tanner
Chapter 12. Utopia
Laurence Davis
Chapter 13. Identity
Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Scott Hunt
Chapter 14. Emotions
Deborah B. Gould
Chapter 15. Commitment
Catherine Corrigall-Brown
PART III: MORPHOLOGY OF PROTEST
Chapter 16. Body
Andrea Pabst
Chapter 17. Dance as Protest
Eva Aymamí Reñé
Chapter 18. Violence/Militancy
Lorenzo Bosi
Chapter 19. The Role of Humor in Protest Cultures
Marjolein ‘t Hart
Chapter 20. Fashion in Social Movements
Nicole Doerr
Chapter 21. Action’s Design
Tali Hatuka
Chapter 22. Alternative Media
Alice Mattoni
Chapter 23. Graffiti
Johannes Stahl
Chapter 24. Posters and Placards
Sascha Demarmels
Chapter 25. Images and Imagery of Protest
Kathrin Fahlenbrach
Chapter 26. Typography and Text Design
Jürgen Spitzmüller
Chapter 27. Political Music and Protest Song
Beate Kutschke
PART IV: MORPHOLOGY OF PROTEST: DOMANIS OF PROTEST ACTIONS
Chapter 28. The Public Sphere
Simon Teune
Chapter 29. Public Space
Tali Hatuka
Chapter 30. Everyday Life
Anna Schober
Chapter 31. Cyber Space
Paul G. Nixon and Rajash Rawal
PART V: MORPHOLOGY OF PROTEST: RE-PRESENTATION OF PROTEST
Chapter 32. Witness and Testimony
Eric G. Waggoner
Chapter 33. Media Coverage
Andy Opel
Chapter 34. Archives
Hanno Balz
PART VI: PRAGMATICS OF PROTEST: PROTEST PRACTICES
Chapter 35. Uttering
Constanze Spiess
Chapter 36. Street Protest
Matthias Reiss
Chapter 37. Insult and Devaluation
John Michael Roberts
Chapter 38. Public Debating
Mary E. Triece
Chapter 39. Media Campaigning
Johanna Niesyto
Chapter 40. Theatrical Protest
Dorothea Kraus
Chapter 41. Movie/Cinema
Anna Schober
Chapter 42. Civil Disobedience
Helena Flam and Åsa Wettergren
Chapter 43. Creating Temporary Autonomous Zones
Freia Anders
Chapter 44. Mummery
Sebastian Haunss
Chapter 45. Recontextualization of Signs and Fakes
David Eugster
Chapter 46. Clandestinity
Gilda Zwerman
Chapter 47. Violence/Destruction
Peter Sitzer and Wilhelm Heitmeyer
PART VIII: PRAGMATICS OF PROTEST: REACTIONS TO PROTEST ACTIONS
Chapter 48. Political and Institutional Confrontation
Lorenzo Bosi and Katrin Uba
Chapter 49. Suppression of Protest
Brian Martin
Chapter 50. Cultural Conflicts in the Discursive Fields
Nick Crossley
Chapter 51. Assimilation of Protest Codes: Advertisement and Mainstream Culture
Rudi Maier
Chapter 52. Corporate Reactions
Veronika Kneip
PART VIII: PRAGMATICS OF PROTEST: LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES
Chapter 53. Biographical Impact
Marco Giugni
Chapter 54. Changing Gender Roles
Kristina Schulz
Chapter 55. Founding of Milieus
Michael Vester
Chapter 56. Diffusion of Symbolic Forms
Dieter Rucht
Chapter 57. Political Correctness
Sabine Elsner-Petri
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