Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
The Music and Politics of the Czech Underground
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-026386-7
Verlag: Sydney University Press
life, paying close attention to the development of the ensemble The Plastic People of the Universe.
Taking in multiple political transitions from the 1940s-2000s, the story focuses on non-official cultural practices such as listening to foreign radio broadcasts, seeking out copied cassette tapes, listening to banned LPs, growing long hair, attending clandestine concerts, smuggling albums via diplomats, recording in home-studios and being thrown in prison for any of these activities. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with Undergrounders, archival research and participant observation, Hagen
shows how these practices shaped consciousness, informed bodies and promoted collective action, all of which contributed to an Underground identity.