Counterculture

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Counterculture is written by Alex Zamalin and published by Beacon Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807045195 (ISBN 10) and 9780807045190 (ISBN 13).

A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics—from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem Renaissance, Alex Zamalin unveils the humanity behind these romanticized figures and popularized movements to capture revolutionary freedom in action. American counterculture, defined as a movement whose values are outside and oppositional to mainstream norms and whose practices fundamentally reject what is socially respectable, ultimately transformed the 20th century. With key players: Emma Goldman Billie Holiday Allen Ginsberg Amiri Baraka Jean-Michel Basquiat And key movements: Anarchism Black Bohemia The Harlem Renaissance The Beat Generation The Black Arts Movement Hip-Hop Counterculture reaches new depths, tackling a wide range of historical, social, and political topics, and expanding contemporary understandings of American cultural tradition. At a time when counterculture was on the outskirts of American society, Alex Zamalin explores the reason why.