Protest, Popular Culture and Tradition in Modern and Contemporary Western Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

Preface.- 1. Introduction: Looking Backward to Move Forward. Why appreciating tradition can improve our understanding of modern protest. Ilaria Favretto and Xabier Itcaina.- 2. "The Modernity of Tradition": Popular protest in 19th c. Germany. James Brophy.- 3. Charivari and the 1876 Italian elections. Enrico Baroncini.- 4. Peasant Resistance Traditions and the Irish War of Independence, 1918 21. John Borgonovo.- 5. A Fight for the Right to get Drunk: The Autumn Fair Riot in Eskilstuna, 1937. Stefan Nyzell.- 6. Italian anarchism and popular culture: History of a close relationship. Marco Manfredi.- 7. Persistent repertoires of contention in Portugal: From tax riots to anti communist violence (1840 1975). Diego Palacios Cerezales.- 8. Carnivalesque and charivari repertoires in 1960s and 1970s Italian Protest. Ilaria Favretto and Marco Fincardi.- 9. Popular Justice and Informal Politics: The Charivari in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century France. Xabier Itcaina.- 10. Tactical Carnival and the Global Justice Movement: The Clown Army and Clownfrontational Protest. Lawrence Bogad.- 11. Conclusion. Popular culture, folk traditions and protest: a research agenda. Xabier Itcaina.- 12. Afterword. Old and new repertories of contention. Donatella della Porta.