Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk

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The diverse essays gathered in Working for the clampdown cast a critical light on both the cultural legacy and contemporary resonance of one of the most influential bands ever to have graced a stage. Front matter Dedication Contents List of contributors Acknowledgements Working for the clampdown: an introduction Part I: ‘No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones’: The Clash, thepolitics of pop and the neoliberal conjuncture The Clash, revolution and reverse The Clash and musical artistry: against the corporate voice ‘Up in heaven (not only here)’: The Clash, left melancholia and the politics of redemption Part II: ‘Back in the garage with my bullshit detector’: The Clashand the cultural politics of punk ‘Are you going backwards, Or are you going forwards?’ – England past and England future in 1970s punk Retrieving the messianic promise of punk: The Clash in 1977 What if Keith Levene had never left The Clash? Punk and the politics of novelty ‘The beautiful people are ugly too’: The Clash as my ‘true fiction’ Part III: ‘It could be anywhere, Most likely could be any frontier,Any hemisphere’: The Clash around the world ‘Up and down the Westway’ or ‘live by the river’? Britishness, Englishness, London and The Clash ‘Cashing in the bill of rights’? The Clash in New York, in myth and reality The one struggle: The Clash, Gary Foley, punk politics and Indigenous Australian activism Brigade Rosse: The Clash, Bologna and Italian punx Index