The beach beneath the street : the everyday life and glorious times of the Situationist International / McKenzie Wark.

Main entry:

Wark, McKenzie, 1961-

Title & Author:

The beach beneath the street : the everyday life and glorious times of the Situationist International / McKenzie Wark.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2011.

Description:

viii, 197 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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.

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ISBN:

9781844677207 (hardcover)
1844677206 (hardcover)

Subject:

Internationale situationniste History.
Internationale situationniste. History.
Internationale situationniste.
Situationistische Internationale
Situationistiska internationalen historia.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) History 20th century.
Situation (Aesthetics) History 20th century.
Radicalism France History 20th century.
Situation (Esthétique) Histoire 20e siècle.
Radicalisme France Histoire 20e siècle.
Art and Design.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Radicalism.
Situation (Aesthetics)
Kunst.
Rezeption.
France.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279658
Call No.: BIB 215790
Status: Available

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