Underground za drutami. Nieformalne ruchy młodzieżowe w PRL i wybranych krajach bloku wschodniego (1980–1989)
Underground behind the wires. Informal youth movements in the selected Eastern Bloc countries in the 1980s

Author(s): Andrzej Kobus
Subject(s): History, Special Historiographies:, History of Communism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: musical subcultures; anarchists; pacifists; Monar; Hare Krishna; Neo-Nazis
Summary/Abstract: The monograph entitled Underground behind the Wires is devoted to informal youth movements active in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s. The author centres on the countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic and the Soviet Union. The monograph sketches the emergence and development of musical subcultures as well as pro-environmental and pacifist youth circles from the aforementioned countries. The progression of informal youth religious movements, both connected with Christianity and Eastern religions, is also described. Particular emphasis is placed on the issues of contacts and cooperation between the circles in question, especially during the crisis and erosion of the communist system in the countries of The Eastern Bloc. The work closes with the elaboration of the position of youth subcultures during the period of political transformations that took place in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. The content of the monograph is enriched by the visual material in a form of photographs depicting representatives of particular youth subcultures from the discussed Eastern Bloc countries. The security organs were interested in the activities of the circles under discussion, which is illustrated with the scans of the relevant documents.

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