You Say You Want a Revolution? : Records and Rebels 1966-1970
List price: US$60.00
Currently unavailable
Description
The late 1960s were a period of great turbulence and rapid social and political change. You Say You Want a Revolution? examines that moment when youth culture drove an optimistic idealism, motivating people to come together and question established power structures across every area of society. It shows how many of the issues that dominate contemporary discourse - environmentalism, globalization, individualism or mass-communication - have roots that can be traced back to the 1960s.1960s design culture culminated in an orgy of colour and form: a sensorial overload of Barbarella-style inflatables, plush Verner Panton playrooms and high-tech 2001: Space Odyssey furniture systems. Here, essays on music, politics, the counter-culture, social living, mind-altering experiences, festivals and more chart revolutions across media and culture, illustrated throughout with some of the most iconic images of the time - including the records that provided both the soundtrack and the key means of identification.The idealism of the period informed such disparate phenomena as the high-tech innovations of Silicon Valley and the environmental movement.Half a century later, we can reassess the genesis of these movements and explore whether the revolutions they started can be considered complete, ongoing or interrupted.
Published to accompany the V&A's major autumn exhibition, You Say You Want a Revolution: Records & Rebels 1966-70,10 September 2016 - 26 February 2017
show more
Published to accompany the V&A's major autumn exhibition, You Say You Want a Revolution: Records & Rebels 1966-70,10 September 2016 - 26 February 2017
show more
Product details
- Hardback | 320 pages
- 248 x 318 x 32mm | 2,200g
- 18 Oct 2016
- V & A Publishing
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- 250 ill.
- 1851778918
- 9781851778911
- 279,306
Table of contents
1. A Tale of Two Cities: London, San Francisco and the Transatlantic Bridge, Geoffrey Marsh; 2. Revolution Now: The Traumas and Legacies of US Politics in the Late 1960s, Sean Wilentz; 3. The Counter-Culture, Barry Miles; 4. All Together Now? Jon Savage; 5. The Fillmore, the Grande and the Sunset Strip: The Evolution of a Musical Revolution, Howard Kramer; 6. You Say You Want a Revolution?: Looking at the Beatles, Victoria Broackes; 7. British Fashion 1966-70; 'A State of Anarchy', Jenny Lister; 8. The Chrome-Plated Marshmallow; The 1960s Consumer Revolution and Its Discontents, Alison J. Clarke; 9. 'We Are As Gods...': Computers and America's New Communalism, 1965-75, Fred Turner; Epilogue: Michael Sandel on Where We Go From Here
show more
show more
Review quote
'The counter-culture is such a broad and diverse phenomenon that writing about it is like herding cats, but this is what Jon Savage is good at and the book would be worth buying just for his essay...' - Robert Irwin, Times Literary Supplement, 30th September 2016; 'An entertaining read' - Rebecca Wallersteiner, The Lady, 21st October 2016; 'The writing and cornucopia of images are simply outstanding' - Herbert Wright, Design Curial, 5th December 2016
show more
show more
About Victoria Broackes
Victoria Broackes is a Curator and the Head of Exhibitions for the Department of Theatre and Performance at the V&A.Geoffrey Marsh is the Director of the Department of Theatre of Performance at the V&A. They have previously produced a number of successful touring exhibitions including the immensely popular David Bowie Is.
show more
show more
