Liminality and communitas in the Beat Generation /

Liminality and communitas in the Beat Generation / Aaron Christopher Mitchell.

This book analyzes the literature and lifestyles of the Beat Generation based on Victor Turner's anthropological studies. Signs of liminality and communitas appear in works by Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. The Beats formed anti-structure in their liminal stage and reco...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Aaron Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main ; New York, NY : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]
Subjects:
Beats (Persons)
Liminality in literature.
Literature and anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature.
Beat generation.
Literature and anthropology.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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Call Number: PS228.B6 M556 2017
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