Thea 'tricks': forms of resistance in the 1968 United States and after by Elodie Chazalon

“…This politics of immediacy is illustrated by a few 1968 events, among them the Democratic National Convention riots in Chicago and the Miss America Pageant protest in Atlantic City. At the same time, the article emphasizes the costumes and performances of a few actors of the revolution so as to show how the fusing of “dressing down” and “rising up” ended up influencing later youth subcultures as well as the performances, sartorial stances, and flaunted aggressiveness of other cultures of resistance, among them “third-wave” feminist groups and artists.…”
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