I. Introduction
II. Middle-Class Youth
A. Before the mid 1960s
1. Working-Class
2. Middle-Class
B. After the mid 1960s
1. Education and Money
2. Consequences
III. The Beat Generation (1950s)
A. General Idea of Counterculture
B. Genealogy of the Beat Generation
1. Dada and Surrealism (1920s-1940s)
a) Introduction
b) Dada
(1) Definition
(2) Examples
c) Surrealism
(1) Definition
(2) Aesthetic Principles
(3) Examples
2. Beat Generation (1950s)
a) Postwar Paris
b) USA
C. Beat Culture in Britain
1. Introduction
2. Gender
3. USA vs. Britain (political differences)
a) Others
b) Politics
4. Subculture vs. Counterculture
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Working-Class Subcultures |
Middle-Class Beatniks |
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Less educated |
More educated |
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Territorial (local identification; group solidarities; value of their territory; etc.) |
International (tend to think in terms of a larger community sharing similar values; utopian vision of a peaceful world; etc.) |
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Work-Leisure strong polarity |
Try to incorporate leisure into work |
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Temporary (Week-end mods, but also temporary in their lives) |
Long-term effect on middle-class lives |
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Reaction from "below" (oppressed; exploited) toward dominant culture |
Reaction from within the dominant culture |
5. Diversity