The underground cultural ecology -- From socialist realism to the Prague Spring -- Assembling the Merry Ghetto -- Creativity, establishment, and the self -- Human rights, prison, and amplifiers -- Generating new waves -- Underground is life -- Getting by together
Summary
Living in the Merry Ghetto is a new look at illegal music-making in Czechoslovakia during state socialism. The book examines the case of the Czech Underground and the politics of their music and their way of life, paying close attention to the development of the ensemble The Plastic People of the Universe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on March 27, 2020)