The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision Media, Counterculture, Revolt

Despite the explosion of interest in the "global 1968," the arts in this period - both popular and avant-garde forms - have too often been neglected. This interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars in history, cultural studies, musicology and other

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The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision Media, Counterculture, Revolt

Edited by

Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison

THE GLOBAL SIXTIES IN SOUND AND VISION

Copyright © Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-37522-3

All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47726-5 DOI 10.1057/9781137375230

ISBN 978-1-137-37523-0 (eBook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The global sixties in sound and vision : media, counterculture, revolt / edited by Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison. pages cm 1. Counterculture—History—20th century. 2. Art and society—History— 20th century. 3. Mass media—Social aspects—History—20th century. I. Brown, Timothy Scott, editor of compilation. II. Lison, Andrew, author, editor of compilation. HM647.G56 2013 306.400904—dc23 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: May 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Contents

List of Illustrations The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision: Media Counterculture, Revolt Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison

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Introduction

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Chapter 1 A Red Noise: Pop and Politics in Post-1968 France Jonathyne Briggs

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Chapter 2 Mapping Tropicália Christopher Dunn

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Chapter 3 David Fresko

Magical Mystery Tours: Godard and Antonioni in America

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Chapter 4

Turning Inwards: The Politics of Privacy in the New American Cinema

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Joshua Guilford Chapter 5 Utopia and Dystopia in Science Fiction Films around 1968 Kathrin Fahlenbrach “Musical & Magical Counterpoint”: Language, Sound, and Image in Wallace Berman’s Aleph, 1956–1966 Chelsea Behle Fralick

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Chapter 6

Guitar Smashing: Gustav Metzger, the Idea of Auto-destructive Works of Art, and Its Influence on Rock Music Wolfgang Kraushaar

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Chapter 7

Chapter 8 Jeff Hayton

“The Revolution Is Over—and We Have Won!”: Alfred Hilsberg, West German Punk, and the Sixties

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Chapter 9

The Sun and Moon Have Come Together: The Fourth Way, the Counterculture, and Capitol Records

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“A Weapon in Our Struggle for Liberation”: Black Arts, Black Power, and the 1969 Pan-African Cultural Festival

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Kevin Fellezs Chapter 10 Samir Meghelli Chapter 11

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Recorded: Soul, Funk, and the Black Urban Ex