Mad to Be Saved: The Beats, the 50's, and Film
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Film critic David Sterritt presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the Beat Generation, its intersections with main-stream and experimental film, and the interactions of all of these with American society and the culture of the 1950s. Sterritt balances the Beat countercultural goal of rebellion through both artistic creation and everyday behavior against the mainstream values of conformity and conservatism, growing worry over cold-war hostilities,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0809321807
ISBN13:9780809321803
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.36 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Best book on the beat generation !!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Funny, complex, smart... Sterritt is far and away the best writer on the beats!! wonderful stuff!!
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