Translating the counterculture : the reception of the Beats in Turkey /

In Turkey the Beat message of dissent is being given renewed life as publishers, editors, critics, readers, and others dissatisfied with the conservative social and political trends in the country have turned to the Beats and other countercultural forebears for alternatives. Through an examination o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mortenson, Erik, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Beats (Persons)
American literature > Appreciation > Turkey.
American literature > Translations into Turkish > History and criticism.
Turkish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Counterculture in literature.
Counterculture > Turkey.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Beatniks.
Littérature turque > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Contre-culture dans la littérature.
Beat generation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
American literature > Appreciation.
Counterculture.
Turkish literature.
Turkey.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Why the Beats? Why Turkey? Why now?
  • Labeling a phenomenon: the Beats as "underground" figures
  • Building community outside the mainstream: underground poetix and the Turkish alternative press
  • "What's your road, man?" Jack Kerouac's On the Road in Turkey
  • The Beats on trial: the censorship of William S. Burroughs's The Soft Machine
  • Howling in Turkish: appropriating the many faces of Allen Ginsberg
  • Conclusion: the lessons of countercultural drift.

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