Title: Countering the counterculture
First published: 2003
Description: "In an innovative rereading of American radical politics and culture of the 1950s and 1960s, Martinez uncovers reactionary, neoromantic, and sometimes racist strains in the Beats' vision of freedom, and he brings to the fore the complex stances of Latinos on participant democracy and progressive culture. He analyzes the ways the Beats, Chicanos, and migrant writers conceived of and articulated social and political perspectives. He contends that both the Beats' extreme individualism and the Chicano nationalists' narrow vision of citizenship are betrayals of the democratic ideal, but that the migrant writers presented a distinctly radical and inclusive vision of democracy that was truly countercultural."--Jacket.
Subjects: History and criticism, American literature, History, Beat generation, Literature and society, Mexican American authors, Intellectual life, Mexican Americans in literature, Dissenters in literature, Mexican Americans, Social problems in literature, Counterculture, Libertarianism in literature, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Beats (persons), American literature, mexican american authors, Libertarianism, American literature--history and criticism, American literature--20th century--history and criticism, American literature--mexican american authors--history and criticism, Literature and society--history, Literature and society--united states--history--20th century, Counterculture--history, Counterculture--united states--history--20th century, Mexican americans--intellectual life, Ps228.b6 m37 2003, 810.9/358
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS228.B6 M37 2003