American Cold War Counterculture: From the Beat Generation to the Hippie Regeneration

The American Cold War Counterculture: From the Beat Generation to the Hippie Regeneration

Description:	Conversation about the connection between two Archives and Special Collections exhibits, Pulling Back the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and The Beat Generation, Material from Archives and Special Collections In 2019. Dr. Doyle provided the backstory behind the display of first-edition books, broadsheets, photographs, and manuscripts by and about such authors as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso. He offered context and insight into how these artifacts illuminate postwar cultures artistic response to the imminent threat of mutually assured thermonuclear annihilation during the early Cold War period. He ended his talk with an exploration of how the Beat Generation spawned the hippie counterculture, which, by the mid-1960s, had absorbed and considerably enlarged the earlier avant-garde movement, bringing its thoroughgoing critique of American society into mainstream awareness. This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about
Origin:	2019-10-17
Created By:	Doyle, Michael William, 1953-
Contributor(s):	Allison, Sarah M.; Ball State University. University Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
Source:	http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BSULibASCCPsP/id/7
Collection:	BSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections and Community Partners Presentation
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Geography:	Muncie Delaware County Indiana United States North and Central America
Subjects:	Cold War Counterculture Hippies Beats (Persons) Beat generation Beatniks

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