American cultural rebels
Subtitle: avant-garde and bohemian artists, writers, and musicians from the 1850s through the 1960s
By: Roy Kotynek and John Cohassey.
Contributors: Cohassey, John, 1961-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780786437092
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History; Arts -- Experimental methods -- History; Bohemianism -- United States -- History; Dissenters -- United States -- History; Artists -- United States -- Biography; Authors, American -- Biography; Musicians -- United States -- Biography; Popular culture -- United States -- History; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This work looks at how experimental art and the avant-garde artists' lifestyles have influenced the larger American culture since the mid-19th century. The study explores the many ways in which America's experimental artists have impacted upon, and at times transformed, the culture of a modern industrial nation"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.