Protest - Forms, Dynamics, Functions

"Protest" is a very broad term. It is first and foremost an umbrella term for the repertoire of direct actions collectives can employ to publicly voice their dissent. In their long and many-faceted history, protests and protest movements have developed a considerable range of strategies, symbols, narratives, aesthetics, and operational modes, some of which have persisted, while others have changed and developed over time. Therefore, this collection of articles sets out to investigate the complexity and essence of the concept of "protest" within various frameworks by asking, for example, what a "protest" is, what forms it takes, where and when a protest is carried out, for which political, social, cultural, or economic reasons, and by whom. Ultimately, the collection seeks to explore how the potential of protest to productively intervene in different contexts, or to promote the unfolding of social schisms and thereby the furthering of societal debates, can be approached from numerous academic disciplines within the humanities.




Looking at protest's forms, keeping track of its dynamics and interrogating its functions, the variety of case studies which the volume presents intellectually challenges and substantially contributes to an academic field which has gained much scholarly attention in recent years. From the fringes to the centre, from the few to the many, from subculture to mainstream, from minorities to the majority, Protest: Forms, Dynamics, Functions offers a glimpse into this field in our very own 'Age of Protest' and will be of interest to researchers, students and the interested public alike.






Contents




MANDY BECK, CECILE SANDTEN AND DANIEL ZIESCHE

Introduction: Protest: Forms, Dynamics, Functions ................... 1




TRANSNATIONAL AND TRANSCULTURAL PROTEST MOVEMENTS




SEBASTIAN BERG

Party - Protest - Activism: Lessons from Syriza and Labour ................... 13




SILKE HÜNECKE

The Catalan Movement - Between the Aesthetic Mass Performance and

Collective Civil Disobedience ................... 27




TRACY RAMMLER

Commemoration as Protest? A Comparison of the 50th Anniversary
Commemoration of the 1967 Riots in Detroit and Newark ................... 41




CAROLIN ISABEL STEINER

It's a Man's Resistance: Female Identities in Punk ................... 59




DANIEL ZIESCHE

From Kick-Off Times to Globalisation Critique:

Moving Against Modern Football ................... 75




DIGITAL AND DISCURSIVE PRACTICES OF PROTEST




DANA EBERMANN

Exploring Protest on German Twitter Accounts:

From Hate to Counter Speech ................... 95




BJÖRN JUNGE

2020 United States Presidential Election Results:

Trump's Frames of Protest ................... 119




MARCUS NOLDEN AND MIRIAM SCHREITER

Corona Protest and Algorithmic Querfront ................... 135




THE LITERARY AESTHETICS OF PROTEST




EIKE KRONSHAGE

The Garden of Iden: Bourgeoise Ideology and Rebellion

in Shakespeare's 2 Henry VI ................... 163




CECILE SANDTEN

"... those with nothing to lose" - Reading the 2011 England Riots

as a Form of Protest: David Fermer's Young Adult Novel Riot (2013) ................... 177




GIGI ADAIR

"Gathering like a sea": Representing the Experience of Collective Protest

in Literary Fiction from Charles Dickens to Ali Smith ................... 191




MANDY BECK

Writing Against Populism and Post-Truth: Brexit and Literary Protest ................... 207




IBRAHIM YEREBAKAN

Sarah Kane's Blasted