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Counterculture UK: A Celebration

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Description for Counterculture UK: A Celebration Paperback. The first comprehensive exploration of counterculture in the UK - from street art to alternative comedy, from Gay Lib to youtubers, from CND to punk and much much more. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
What is Counterculture? - It's an alternative lifestyle... - The ideas that spark a revolution... - A movement that changes the world... This new collection of essays celebrates the incredible originality of British post-war culture. British art, film, theatre, dance, literature and music have attracted international recognition, from the Angry Young Men to the Sex Pistols to Grayson Perry. Now...
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What is Counterculture? - It's an alternative lifestyle... - The ideas that spark a revolution... - A movement that changes the world... This new collection of essays celebrates the incredible originality of British post-war culture. British art, film, theatre, dance, literature and music have attracted international recognition, from the Angry Young Men to the Sex Pistols to Grayson Perry. Now gaming, the internet and social media enable creative communities to flourish and either fight for social justice - or just be entertained. Can we find the creative inspiration to succeed in a postcapitalist future?

Product Details

Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Twickenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780956632968
SKU
V9780956632968
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Tim Burrows
Editors CHERYL ROBSON is a producer of several short independent films, most recently Rock `n' Roll Island, selected for Raindance Film Festival. She worked at the BBC for several years and then taught filmmaking at the University of Westminster, before setting up a theatre company producing and developing women's plays. She also created a publishing company where she has edited...
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Editors CHERYL ROBSON is a producer of several short independent films, most recently Rock `n' Roll Island, selected for Raindance Film Festival. She worked at the BBC for several years and then taught filmmaking at the University of Westminster, before setting up a theatre company producing and developing women's plays. She also created a publishing company where she has edited over fifty books including co-editing Celluloid Ceiling: women film directors breaking through. She has published over 150 international writers and won numerous awards. As a writer, she has won the Croydon Warehouse International Playwriting Competition and has had several stage plays produced. www.cherylrobson.net REBECCA GILLIERON is an editor with over 15 years' experience working on fiction and non-fiction titles for independent publishers. Also a musician, she has played guitar, keyboards, drums and sung in a number of bands (Subway Sect, The Ghosts, Private Trousers), releasing three critically acclaimed albums on high profile UK and US labels with her band Wetdog and touring Europe and the US. Her next move is to start a record label `Southend Records' in the town where she now lives.

Reviews for Counterculture UK: A Celebration
`Informative and entertaining, this provides a whipsmart and affectionate analysis of a subculture that stands at a critical point.' Jonathan Hatfull, SciFi Now Magazine `Oughton delivers a thorough contemporary investigation into the cult movie-going scene... with the passion and knowledge of a genuine insider...' Marcus Campbell Sinclair, theatre and film producer `Susan Murray's insightful overview of the alternative comedy scene...
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`Informative and entertaining, this provides a whipsmart and affectionate analysis of a subculture that stands at a critical point.' Jonathan Hatfull, SciFi Now Magazine `Oughton delivers a thorough contemporary investigation into the cult movie-going scene... with the passion and knowledge of a genuine insider...' Marcus Campbell Sinclair, theatre and film producer `Susan Murray's insightful overview of the alternative comedy scene is both informative and illuminating, shining a bright light on one of the UK's most important cultural movements in the late 20th Century.' Bruce Dessau, British arts critic

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