Counterculture
The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-Hop
Alex Zamalin
- 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
- BasquiatThis
- 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:And
- key
- movements: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.
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