American Studies Journal (Dec 2007)

Political Outlaws: Beat Cowboys

  • Kurt Hemmer

Journal volume & issue
no. 50
p. 2

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This paper examines the specific cultural landscape of the liminal locale of bohemia during the specific historical moment of the Beat Generation (1950–1965) to examine how the elements of the outlaw figure were transformed by the Beat writers to fend off the Eisenhower-era containment culture.

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