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Author Peariso, Craig J

Title Radical theatrics : put-ons, politics, and the sixties / Craig J. Peariso
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
Contents Introduction: Stereotypes, opposition, and "the sixties" -- Monkey theater -- "Watch out for pigs in queen's clothing" : camp and the image of radical sexuality -- "Erect strong resilient and firm" : Eldridge Cleaver and the performance of "Black" liberation -- Afterword
Summary "From burning draft cards to staging nude protests, much left-wing political activism in 1960s America was distinguished by deliberate outrageousness. This theatrical activism, aimed at the mass media and practiced by Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies, the Black Panthers, and the Gay Activists Alliance, among others, is often dismissed as naive and out of touch, or criticized for tactics condemned as silly and off-putting to the general public. In Radical Theatrics, however, Craig Peariso argues that these over-the-top antics were far more than just the spontaneous actions of a self-indulgent radical impulse. Instead, he shows, they were well-considered aesthetic and political responses to a jaded cultural climate in which an unreflective 'tolerance' masked an unwillingness to engage with challenging ideas. Through innovative analysis that links political protest to the art of contemporaries such as Andy Warhol, Peariso reveals how the 'put-on'--the signature activist performance of the radical left--ended up becoming a valuable American political practice, one that continues to influence contemporary radicals such as Occupy Wall Street"--From publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-226) and index
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Subject Protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Radicalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Radicals -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Political activists -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Performing arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Street theater -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Counterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Art -- Political aspects
Counterculture
Performing arts -- Political aspects
Political activists
Political culture
Protest movements
Radicals
SUBJECT United States -- History -- 1961-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140305
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021692865
ISBN 9780295805573
0295805579