Bohemia has been an attractive concept for many years: the inspired and inspirational outsider, the artist rebelling against society, the genius with a dark side, living his or her life in smoke-filled cafés in Paris, London, New York or Berlin, dying young or dying in a garret.
Where is Bohemia today? Perhaps it's gone underground and living in cyberspace. Cultural historians Elizabeth Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Cultural Studies, University of North London, and Fred Inglis, Professor of Cultural Studies, Sheffield University help Laurie trace Bohemia via Byron and Baudelaire, Picasso and Andy Warhol.
Laurie also speaks to Paul Hodkinson, self-confessed Goth on the experience of living inside The Outside in Britain today.
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Elizabeth Wilson
Bohemians: The Glamorous Outcasts
I B Tauris
ISBN: 1860645674
University of North London
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB
Tel: 0207 607 2789
Fred Inglis
People’s Witness
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300093276
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 222 2000
Paul Hodkinson
Goth - identity, style and subculture
Berg Publishers;
ISBN: 1859736009
Non Stop Violence performed by Apoptygina Berzerk on Metropolis Records MET 093
Bela Lugosi’s Dead performed by Bauhaus on record label Beggars Banquet BEGA 64
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