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The beach beneath the street : the everyday life and glorious times of the Situationist International
Title
The beach beneath the street : the everyday life and glorious times of the Situationist International / McKenzie Wark.
ISBN
9781844677207
1844677206
Published
London ; New York : Verso, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2024 1656: Dust jacket. ISBN and barcode label on back cover. From the Ken Knabb Papers.
Notes
Dust jacket unfolds as a poster.
"The fold out poster, Totality for Beginners, is a collaborative graphic essay employing text selected by McKenzie Wark with composition and drawings by Kevin C. Pyle"--Dust jacket rear flap.
Summary
Wark explores the breadth and diversity of the Situationist International movement, from its beginnings in the 1950s up to the explosive days of 1968. Accessible and filled with new insights, Wark reconnects the Situationists to new practices in communication, built form, and everyday life.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 02, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Leaving the Twenty-First Century
1. Street Ethnography
2. No More Temples of the Sun
3. The Torrent of History
4. Extreme Aesthetics
5. A Provisional Micro-Society
6. Permanent Play
7. Tin Can Philosophy
8. The Thing of Things
9. Divided We Stand
10. An Athlete of Duration
11. New Babylon
12. The Beach Beneath the Street
Notes
Index.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
History.
Situationist literature.
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