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You Say You Want a Revolution

You Say You Want a Revolution

Records and Rebels, 1966-1970

by Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh
Hardback
Publication Date: 26/10/2016

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You Say You Want a Revolution examines the moment when young people challenged everything. The late 1960s were a time of rapid social and political change. Those few short years of unbridled optimism and experimentation brought to the fore issues that continue to dominate the headlines today: inequality, globalization, and environmentalism. Examining music, fashion, film, design, counterculture, mind-altering experiences, festivals, and politics, this book, published to accompany a major touring exhibition, investigates the cultural upheavals of those five revolutionary years. Punctuated by the music that provided the soundtrack to the era, from Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" to The Who's "My Generation" to Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," and focusing on defining moments and movements such as Woodstock, communes, and the Paris protests of May 1968, this new book looks at how the revolutions of the 1960s changed the way we live today--and shaped the way we imagine the future.
ISBN:
9781851778911
9781851778911
Category:
Fashion & society
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
26-10-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
V & A Publishing
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
317x246x33mm
Weight:
2.2kg
Victoria Broackes

Victoria Broackes is Senior Curator and Head of Exhibitions for the Department of Theatre and Performance at the V&A.

She has produced a number of successful touring exhibitions, including You Say You Want a Revolution? And David Bowie Is.

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