Abstrakt
Manifestation of free-thinking or alleged opposition to communism were not tolerated in cities in socialist Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovak youth inspired by Western countercultures and subcultures, such as hippie or punk, openly disrupted various established societal standards.
Unlike Western countercultures, these alternative groups were rather apolitical. However, in a time of post-1968 normalization, the regime attempted to repress their presence in the public space, as well as normalize their cultural aspirations.
This paper explores the ways in which the context of socialist Prague affected the practices and routines employed by the fans of alternative culture throughout the 1980s, resulting in their antagonistic relation towards the totalitarian regime.