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Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life (Cultural Front)

by Michael Berube

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

"Revels in a self-consciously renegade spirit."

--The Chronicle of Higher Education

"The wired left."

--Toronto Globe and Mail

"Lively and smart."

--San Francisco Chronicle

Using the cheap desktop publishing techniques of 'zine culture, and supplementing them with an extensive presence on the World Wide Web, the Bad Subjects Production Team has produced one of the only successful political 'zines in the US, as well as one of the first--and longest-running--on-line publications in the world.

Bad Subjects offers a critique of the post-1960s left in the United States, and attempts to reclaim a utopian vision for a political movement which has become fragmented and cynical about the possibility of social transformation. Indeed, Bad Subjects itself is simultaneously a valuable resource and an inspiration, a record of what politically-engaged cultural criticism can achieve, and an example of a progressive political community making use of new technologies.

Offering a way out of vulgar multiculturalism--based on separatism and the idea of "authenticity"--into a critical identity politics founded on coalitions, hybridity, and class consciousness, Bad Subjectsspeaks to readers both in and outside of the academy. Taking their cue from the feminist slogan, "the personal is political," and from Marxist injunctions to study "everyday life," Bad Subjects covers everything from popular culture and high technology to economic restructuring and political organizing, from Raymond Williams to The Dead Kennedys.

In the terrain of cultural criticism, Bad Subjects is an off-road vehicle roaring away from the beaten path.

Synopsis:

BAD SUBJECTS offers a critique of the post-1960s left in the United States and attempts to reclaim a utopian vision. Simultaneously a valuable resource and an inspiration, BAD SUBJECTS is an example of a progressive political community making use of new technologies. It covers everything from popular culture and high technology to economic restructuring and political organizing, from Raymond Williams to The Dead Kennedys.

About the Author

The Bad Subjects Production Team is Ron Alcalay, Charlie Bertsch, John Brady, Brock Craft, Cynthia Hoffman, Peter Ives, Ed Korthof, Joe Lockard, Jeremiah Luna, Mike Mosher, Annalee Newitz, Kim Nicolini, Steven Rubio, Jillian Sandell, Geoff Sauer, Joel Schalit, Jonathan Sterne, and Matt Wray. <

Product Details

ISBN:
9780814757932
Subtitle:
Political Education for Everyday Life
With:
Lyon, Janet
Author:
Bad Subjects Production Team (See Newitz
Author:
Bad Subjects Production Team Staff
Author:
The Bad Subjects Production Team (see Newitz)
Author:
Berube, Michael
Author:
Bad Subjects Production Team (see Newitz), The
Author:
Bad Subjects Production Team
Author:
Lyon, Janet
Publisher:
New York University Press
Location:
New York :
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Civilization
Subject:
Sociology
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Political Parties
Subject:
Politics and culture
Subject:
United States Social conditions 1980-
Subject:
Political Process - Political Parties
Subject:
Cultural Studies
Subject:
SOCIALISM AND LEFT-OF-CENTRE DEMOCRATIC IDEOLOGIES
Subject:
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THEORY
Subject:
United States Civilization 1970-
Subject:
United States Politics and government.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Cultural Front Ser.
Series Volume:
147
Publication Date:
November 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
276
Dimensions:
9.36x7.53x.60 in. 1.06 lbs.

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