Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance

by Mark Dery

Book Overview

A collaboration of political activism and participatory culture seeking to upend consumer capitalism, including interviews with The Yes Men, The Guerrilla Girls, among others.

Coined in the 1980s, "culture jamming" refers to an array of tactics deployed by activists to critique, subvert, and otherwise "jam" the workings of consumer culture. Ranging from media hoaxes and advertising parodies to flash mobs and street art, these actions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147987096X
• ISBN13: 9781479870967
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"