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Papers by Mia Lee
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
... Art and revolution in West Germany: The cultural origins of 1968. by Lee, Mia Ching, PhD, UNI... more ... Art and revolution in West Germany: The cultural origins of 1968. by Lee, Mia Ching, PhD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 2007, 0 pages; 3276225. Abstract: This dissertation situates the mythic year of 1968 in the framework of the long 1960s, the period from 1957 to 1970. ...
International Journal of Studies in Education and Science, 2022
History Workshop Journal, 2014
This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum ... more This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum of self-published and underground journals in West Germany. In these publications, sex became a vehicle of protest: protest against the flattening tendencies of late capitalism, protest against authoritarian government, protest against the persistence of patriarchy. Pornography as an expression or practice of emancipation, however, quickly showed its limitations. Pornography's potentially liberating value diminished as emancipatory sex became prescriptive in its own way. As it became clearer that sexual liberation had not created a new revolutionary subject, that issues concerning normative sexuality and the commodification of desire were not being adequately addressed, or that practical issues such as non-hierarchical relationships between men and women, shared child-rearing, and reproduction rights still demanded attention, activists regrouped and new collective forms emerged. In the end, these images did not shatter the existing social order, but they did provoke women and men to analyze critically what sexual difference meant and how it came to order social relations.
Contemporary European History, 2016
Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the ... more Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the Nazi regime and the Arab world largely spurred by scholars of Germany. One of the key contributions of this scholarship has been the argument that historic links between National Socialism and Islam, in particular the connection between National Socialist racial ideology and contemporary anti-Semitism in the Middle East, persisted into the post-war period and crucially shaped Middle Eastern politics and policies. This approach is represented in this review in the studies by Matthias Küntzel, Jeffrey Herf, Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers and Barry Rubin and Wolfgang Schwanitz, who all – in various ways – suggest that there is a direct line of continuity between National Socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the rise of al-Qaeda. By calling attention to the role of National Socialism, these studies challenge what has hitherto been the dominant historiography of the modern Middle ...
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
The book engages important and intriguing questions about culture and politics and makes a contri... more The book engages important and intriguing questions about culture and politics and makes a contribution to contemporary history. The essays fit together well, with a nice trajectory that includes a chronological element. The topics engaged are generally "fresh" and new, but I was also impressed by the rich historiography..." * Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College "This volume presents many new insights into a subject that has not yet been analysed systematically enough. It therefore represents an important contribution to the history of subcultures and will no doubt have a considerable influence on the scholarly debate on this topic." * Detlef Siegfried, University of Copenhagen The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term "1968" can by no means be confined under the rubric of "protest," understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to "1968" frequently involved attempts to elaborate resistance within the realm of culture generally, and in the arts in particular. This blurring of the boundary between art and politics was a characteristic development of the political activism of the postwar period. This volume brings together a group of essays concerned with the multifaceted link between culture and politics, highlighting lesser-known case studies and opening new perspectives on the development of anti-authoritarian politics in Europe from the 1950s to the fall of Communism and beyond.
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2014
This article investigates the uneven recovery of art post-1945. The return of debates on modernis... more This article investigates the uneven recovery of art post-1945. The return of debates on modernism and the emergence of the neo-avant-garde showcase the lines of continuity across the zero hour of 1945 as well as the art foundations for radical political action in West Germany.
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany
1968 Handbuch zur Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Studentenbewegung, 2007
Memorialization in Germany since 1945, 2010
History Workshop Journal, 2014
This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum ... more This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum of self-published and underground journals in West Germany. In these publications, sex became a vehicle of protest: protest against the flattening tendencies of late capitalism, protest against authoritarian government, protest against the persistence of patriarchy. Pornography as an expression or practice of emancipation, however, quickly showed its limitations. Pornography's potentially liberating value diminished as emancipatory sex itself became prescriptive. As it became clearer that sexual liberation had not created a new revolutionary subject, that issues concerning normative sexuality and the commodification of desire were not being adequately address, or that practical issues such as non-hierarchical relationships between men and women, shared child-rearing, and reproduction rights still demanded attention, activists regrouped and new collective forms emerged. In the end, these images did not shatter the existing social order, but they did provoke women and men to critically analyze what sexual difference meant and how it came to order social relations.
Contemporary European History, 2018
Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the ... more Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the Nazi regime and the Arab world largely spurred by scholars of Germany. One of the key contributions of this scholarship has been the argument that historic links between National Socialism and Islam, in particular the connection between National Socialist racial ideology and contemporary anti-Semitism in the Middle East, persisted into the postwar period and crucially shaped Middle Eastern politics and policies. This approach is represented in this review in the studies, who all-in various ways-suggest that there is a direct line of continuity between National Socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the rise of al-Qaeda. By calling attention to the role of National Socialism, these studies challenge what has hitherto been the dominant historiography of the modern Middle East, which contextualises the rise of anti-Semitism in the region within a
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
... Art and revolution in West Germany: The cultural origins of 1968. by Lee, Mia Ching, PhD, UNI... more ... Art and revolution in West Germany: The cultural origins of 1968. by Lee, Mia Ching, PhD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 2007, 0 pages; 3276225. Abstract: This dissertation situates the mythic year of 1968 in the framework of the long 1960s, the period from 1957 to 1970. ...
International Journal of Studies in Education and Science, 2022
History Workshop Journal, 2014
This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum ... more This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum of self-published and underground journals in West Germany. In these publications, sex became a vehicle of protest: protest against the flattening tendencies of late capitalism, protest against authoritarian government, protest against the persistence of patriarchy. Pornography as an expression or practice of emancipation, however, quickly showed its limitations. Pornography's potentially liberating value diminished as emancipatory sex became prescriptive in its own way. As it became clearer that sexual liberation had not created a new revolutionary subject, that issues concerning normative sexuality and the commodification of desire were not being adequately addressed, or that practical issues such as non-hierarchical relationships between men and women, shared child-rearing, and reproduction rights still demanded attention, activists regrouped and new collective forms emerged. In the end, these images did not shatter the existing social order, but they did provoke women and men to analyze critically what sexual difference meant and how it came to order social relations.
Contemporary European History, 2016
Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the ... more Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the Nazi regime and the Arab world largely spurred by scholars of Germany. One of the key contributions of this scholarship has been the argument that historic links between National Socialism and Islam, in particular the connection between National Socialist racial ideology and contemporary anti-Semitism in the Middle East, persisted into the post-war period and crucially shaped Middle Eastern politics and policies. This approach is represented in this review in the studies by Matthias Küntzel, Jeffrey Herf, Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers and Barry Rubin and Wolfgang Schwanitz, who all – in various ways – suggest that there is a direct line of continuity between National Socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the rise of al-Qaeda. By calling attention to the role of National Socialism, these studies challenge what has hitherto been the dominant historiography of the modern Middle ...
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
The book engages important and intriguing questions about culture and politics and makes a contri... more The book engages important and intriguing questions about culture and politics and makes a contribution to contemporary history. The essays fit together well, with a nice trajectory that includes a chronological element. The topics engaged are generally "fresh" and new, but I was also impressed by the rich historiography..." * Jonathan Petropoulos, Claremont McKenna College "This volume presents many new insights into a subject that has not yet been analysed systematically enough. It therefore represents an important contribution to the history of subcultures and will no doubt have a considerable influence on the scholarly debate on this topic." * Detlef Siegfried, University of Copenhagen The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term "1968" can by no means be confined under the rubric of "protest," understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives. Indeed, the actions generated in response to "1968" frequently involved attempts to elaborate resistance within the realm of culture generally, and in the arts in particular. This blurring of the boundary between art and politics was a characteristic development of the political activism of the postwar period. This volume brings together a group of essays concerned with the multifaceted link between culture and politics, highlighting lesser-known case studies and opening new perspectives on the development of anti-authoritarian politics in Europe from the 1950s to the fall of Communism and beyond.
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany, 2019
Australian Journal of Politics & History, 2014
This article investigates the uneven recovery of art post-1945. The return of debates on modernis... more This article investigates the uneven recovery of art post-1945. The return of debates on modernism and the emergence of the neo-avant-garde showcase the lines of continuity across the zero hour of 1945 as well as the art foundations for radical political action in West Germany.
Utopia and Dissent in West Germany
1968 Handbuch zur Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Studentenbewegung, 2007
Memorialization in Germany since 1945, 2010
History Workshop Journal, 2014
This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum ... more This article focuses on sexually explicit texts and images that were prevalent across a spectrum of self-published and underground journals in West Germany. In these publications, sex became a vehicle of protest: protest against the flattening tendencies of late capitalism, protest against authoritarian government, protest against the persistence of patriarchy. Pornography as an expression or practice of emancipation, however, quickly showed its limitations. Pornography's potentially liberating value diminished as emancipatory sex itself became prescriptive. As it became clearer that sexual liberation had not created a new revolutionary subject, that issues concerning normative sexuality and the commodification of desire were not being adequately address, or that practical issues such as non-hierarchical relationships between men and women, shared child-rearing, and reproduction rights still demanded attention, activists regrouped and new collective forms emerged. In the end, these images did not shatter the existing social order, but they did provoke women and men to critically analyze what sexual difference meant and how it came to order social relations.
Contemporary European History, 2018
Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the ... more Since the early-2000s there has been an increasing amount of research on connections between the Nazi regime and the Arab world largely spurred by scholars of Germany. One of the key contributions of this scholarship has been the argument that historic links between National Socialism and Islam, in particular the connection between National Socialist racial ideology and contemporary anti-Semitism in the Middle East, persisted into the postwar period and crucially shaped Middle Eastern politics and policies. This approach is represented in this review in the studies, who all-in various ways-suggest that there is a direct line of continuity between National Socialism, the Muslim Brotherhood and the rise of al-Qaeda. By calling attention to the role of National Socialism, these studies challenge what has hitherto been the dominant historiography of the modern Middle East, which contextualises the rise of anti-Semitism in the region within a