Liminality and "Communitas" in the Beat Generation (Hardcover, New edition)

The Beat Generation questioned mid-twentieth century America and sought the margins of society. This book analyzes the literature and lifestyles of the Beat authors Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg in regard to Victor Turner's anthropological studies. The Beats separated from society by willingly entering the rites of passage. Liminal symbolism is apparent in their literature such as in movement, time, space, pilgrimages, and monstrosities. In their liminal stage, they established "communitas" and developed anti-structure. They questioned society and made proposals to change it in their liminoid literature. The Beats shared similarities with previous countercultures, and they influenced the following Hippie Generation.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Aaron Christopher Mitchell
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-72769-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	3-631-72769-0
Barcode:	9783631727690

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