Paris-Amsterdam underground : : essays on cultural resistance, subversion, and diversion / / edited by Christoph Lindner and Andrew Hussey.

• TeilnehmendeR: Lindner, Christoph, 1971-; Hussey, Andrew.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Cities and cultures; Cities and cultures.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front matter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword /; 1. Concepts and Practices of the Underground /; Part 1: Projections --; 2. Metromania or the Undersides of Painting /; 3. Mapping Utopia: Debord and Constant between Amsterdam and Paris /; 4. Amsterdam's Sexual Underground in the 1960's /; Part 2: Mobility --; 5. Detours, Delays, Derailments: La Petite Jérusalem and Slow Training in Culture /; 6. Underground Visions: Strategies of Resistance along the Amsterdam Metro Lines /; 7. Underground Circulation: The Beats in Paris and Beyond /; Part 3: Visibility --; 8. (In)audible Frequencies: Sounding out the Contemporary Branded City /; 9. Red Lights and Legitimate Trade: Paying for Sex in the Branded City /; 10. Visibly Underground: When Clandestine Workers Take the Law into Their Own Hands /; 11. Archaeology of the Parisian Underground /; Bibliography --; Illustrations --; Contributors --; Index
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and index.
• ISBN: 9048518202
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Christoph Lindner and Andrew Hussey.

The postwar histories of Paris and Amsterdam have been significantly defined by the notion of the "underground" as both a material and metaphorical space. Examining the underground traffic between the two cities, this book interrogates the countercultural histories of Paris and Amsterdam in the mid to late-twentieth century. Shuttling between Paris and Amsterdam, as well as between postwar avant-gardism and twenty-first century global urbanism, this interdisciplinary book seeks to create a mirroring effect over the notion of the underground as a driving force in the making of the contemporary European city.