Campus Wars: Peace Movement at American State Universities in the Vietnam Era - Hardcover

Heineman, Kenneth J.

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ISBN 10: 0814734901 ISBN 13: 9780814734902

Verlag: New York University Press, 1992

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Book by Heineman Kenneth J

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"In his first book, fan and socio-anthropologist Snyder doesn't just celebrate urban street art and its rising stars, but takes a thorough look at its history and future, the language of public art and the idea of the graffiti artist as criminal--including an intriguing challenge to the 'broken windows theory' cited by law enforcement and NYC government officials as central to their efforts. Along the way he decodes a backdoor in the East Village covered with a dozen different tags--'in the same way that the sedimentary layers of ancient ruins inspire archaeologists to tell tales of past civilizations'--profiles rising and established stars, and takes a raw, detailed tour of the scene. . . . Snyder's 'the kids are alright' assessment, buttressed by many examples of thrill-seeking taggers finding successful careers in art, design, publishing, and (commissioned) mural-painting, is well-articulated, convincing, and quite possibly reassuring for the urbanites living among (or perhaps ra "Outstanding, innovative, and multidimensional. . . . I can easily see this book becoming the new 'best book on graffiti.' " -Joe Austin, author of "Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City" "Layered, fascinating and compelling, Graffiti Lives is of interest to scholars and general readers alike. Raw, energetic pictures complement the intense prose. The book is as exciting as the transgressive art it documents." -"M/C Reviews", "Will prompt readers to look again at graffiti scrawls they may previously have ignored." ---"Kirkus Reviews", "Graffiti lives! proclaims author Snyder in this new, vaguely academic account of graffiti in the urban underground--particularly New York." -"New York Post",

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The 1960s left us with some striking images of American universities: Berkeley activists orating about free speech atop a surrounded police car; Harvard SDSers waylaying then-Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; Columbia student radicals occupying campus buildings; and black militant Cornell students brandishing rifles, to name just a few. Tellingly, the most powerful and notorious image of campus protest is that of a teenage runaway, arms outstretched in anguish, kneeling beside the bloodied corpse of Jeff Miller at Kent State University. While much attention has been paid to the role of the elite schools in fomenting student radicalism, it was actually at state institutions, such as Kent State, Michigan State, SUNY, and Penn State, where anti-Vietnam War protest blossomed. Kenneth Heineman has pored over dozens of student newspapers, government documents, and personal archives, interviewed scores of activists, and attended activist reunions in an effort to recreate the origins of this historic movement. In Campus Wars, he presents his findings, examining the involvement of state universities in military research - and the attitudes of students, faculty, clergy, and administrators thereto - and the manner in which the campus peace campaign took hold and spread to become a national movement. Recreating watershed moments in dramatic narrative fashion, this engaging book is both a revisionist history and an important addition to the chronicle of the Vietnam War era.

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• Verlag: New York University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0814734901
• ISBN 13: 9780814734902
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1