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.

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.

Table of Contents

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Pinder, David -- 1. Concepts and Practices of the Underground / Lindner, Christoph / Hussey, Andrew -- Part 1: Projections -- 2. Metromania or the Undersides of Painting / Berrebi, Sophie -- 3. Mapping Utopia: Debord and Constant between Amsterdam and Paris / Hussey, Andrew -- 4. Amsterdam's Sexual Underground in the 1960's / Hekma, Gert -- Part 2: Mobility -- 5. Detours, Delays, Derailments: La Petite Jérusalem and Slow Training in Culture / Dasgupta, Sudeep -- 6. Underground Visions: Strategies of Resistance along the Amsterdam Metro Lines / Verstraete, Ginette -- 7. Underground Circulation: The Beats in Paris and Beyond / Hibbard, Allen -- Part 3: Visibility -- 8. (In)audible Frequencies: Sounding out the Contemporary Branded City / Birdsall, Carolyn -- 9. Red Lights and Legitimate Trade: Paying for Sex in the Branded City / Goggin, Joyce -- 10. Visibly Underground: When Clandestine Workers Take the Law into Their Own Hands / Milne, Anna-Louise -- 11. Archaeology of the Parisian Underground / Sawyer, Stephen W. -- Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Index