Cultural Resistance Reader

About the Book: Cultural Resistance Reader From the Diggers' seizure of St. George's Hill in 1649 to Hacktivists staging virtual sit-ins in the twenty-first century, from the retributive fantasies of Robin Hoods to the imaginary omnipotence of Gangsta Rappers, culture has long been used as a political weapon. This expansive and carefully crafted reader brings together the classic texts that help define culture as a tool of resistance. With concise, Illuminating introductions throughout, it presents a range of theoretical debate, and historical writing that have shaped contemporary debate, and includes a number of new activist authors published here for the first time. CULTURAL RESISTANCE READER is both an invaluable scholarly resource and a tool for political activists. But most importantly it will inspire everybody readers to resist. About the Author: Stephen Duncome Stephen Duncome teaches the history and politics of media and culture at the Gallatin School of New York University. He is theauthor of Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture as well as a life-long political activist, most recently working with the Lower East Side Collective and Reclaim the Streets / New York City.