Underground and “under-the-ground” - The standpoints of the underground community in Czech society in the 1970s and 1980s and the specific values of the underground culture.
Underground and “under-the-ground” - The standpoints of the underground community in Czech society in the 1970s and 1980s and the specific values of the underground culture.

Author(s): Martin Machovec
Subject(s): Politics, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Culture and social structure , Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Underground; "under-the-ground"; community; Czechoslovakia; 70s; 80s; underground culture; artists; poets; musicians; philosophers; publishers; politics;
Summary/Abstract: The terms “underground” and “under-the-ground” have not been clearly defined in Czech culture so far. Traditionally, “underground” comprises the community which emerged in the early 1970s around the rock band The Plastic People of the Universe. This community, which later became part of the Czech dissent and to a great extent merged with the community around Charter 77, was composed of poets, musicians, artists as well as philosophers, essayists and samizdat publishers of various focus and political orientation.

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