Paris-Amsterdam Underground: Essays on Cultural Resistance, Subversion, and Diversion(2 Cities and Cultures)

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. This title is available in the OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org.

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

About the Author :
Christoph Lindner is professor of media and culture and director of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam.| Professor Andrew Hussey is dean of the University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP) and author of Paris: The Secret History.

Review :
Paris-Amsterdam Underground is a fascinating, expansive, and illuminating collection of essays that brings together some of the best new work on global cities and counter-cultural practices. With a focus on the post-war histories of Paris and Amsterdam, it brings into view the places and spaces where dissident practices and ideas aimed at nothing less than to radically reinvent the contemporary European city in ways both political and aesthetic. - Patrice Petro, Professor of Film and Global Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - "This book is a landmark in the development of a perspective 'from below' on the cultural history of Amsterdam and Paris." - Jeroen Dewulf, Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley - "The book is a veritable tour of the subject. It demonstrates the relevance of bringing together urban studies, art studies, cultural history, sociology, and geography to understand important social and cultural urgencies in the present." - Frederik Tygstrup, University of Copenhagen