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World Beats: Beat Generation Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature
Jimmy Fazzino
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Paperback. This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naive tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism's sake, World Beats Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 380.
This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naïve tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism’s sake, World Beats finds that these writers propelled a highly politicized agenda that sought to use the tools of the earlier avant-garde to undermine Cold War and postcolonial ideologies and offer a new vision of engaged literature. With fresh interpretations of central Beat authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—as well as ... Read more
This fascinating book explores Beat Generation writing from a transnational perspective, using the concept of worlding to place Beat literature in conversation with a far-reaching network of cultural and political formations. Countering the charge that the Beats abroad were at best naïve tourists seeking exoticism for exoticism’s sake, World Beats finds that these writers propelled a highly politicized agenda that sought to use the tools of the earlier avant-garde to undermine Cold War and postcolonial ideologies and offer a new vision of engaged literature. With fresh interpretations of central Beat authors Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs—as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781611688986
SKU
V9781611688986
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99-13
About Jimmy Fazzino
Jimmy Fazzino is a lecturer in the Literature Department and Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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