{"id":444,"date":"2008-01-17T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T08:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/?p=444"},"modified":"2008-01-20T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T17:00:17","slug":"what-is-counterculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/what-is-counterculture\/","title":{"rendered":"What is counterculture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Androids<\/a><\/p>\n

Many years ago, an official letter was delivered to Puppy Mansions (Westbere Road). It came from the British Library and was addressed to the publishers of Kill Your Pet Puppy. It was a legal request for copies of said publication to be sent to the said institution. I think this made us a bit nervous \u2013 was Big Brother watching us? I don\u2019t think any copies of KYPP ever reached the British Library.<\/p>\n

But some how or other they must have got copies of other fanzines and similar subversive material and have used them to illustrate a section of their website on \u201cHistory and Citizenship : Dreamers and Dissenters\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/www.bl.uk\/learning\/histcitizen\/21cc\/citizenship.html <\/a><\/p>\n

And
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Which asks the question \u201cWhat is counterculture?\u201d to which the following is given as the \/ an answer. Just like punk used to be, as Crass might have said. The last two sentences are interestingly situationist as in \u2018recuperation\u2019. Is it possible to construct a DIY \u2018avante garde aesthetic\u2019 which rejects \u2018production and consumption\u2019 but still gets absorbed as normal by mainstream culture?<\/p>\n

Note the two British Library spellign mistooks.<\/p>\n

A countercultural action or expression communicates disagreement, opposition, disobedience or rebellion. A counterculture rejects or challenges mainstream culture or particualr elements of it.
\nThis might mean:<\/em><\/p>\n