02827nam 2200589 a 450 991078135390332120200520144314.01-280-69777-697866136747390-8093-8613-5(CKB)2550000000035135(EBL)1354411(OCoLC)856870143(SSID)ssj0000521361(PQKBManifestationID)11364275(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521361(PQKBWorkID)10517545(PQKB)10444245(OCoLC)730524453(MdBmJHUP)muse3489(Au-PeEL)EBL1354411(CaPaEBR)ebr10469380(CaONFJC)MIL367473(MiAaPQ)EBC1354411(EXLCZ)99255000000003513520100319d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCapturing the beat moment[electronic resource] cultural politics and the poetics of presence /Erik MortensonCarbondale [Ill.] Southern Illinois University Pressc20111 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-3013-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: rethinking the beats -- Being present: authenticity in postwar America -- The visionary state: uniting past, present, and future -- Immanence and transcendence: Reich, orgasm, and the body -- Recording the moment: the role of the photograph in beat representation -- Getting together: heterotopia and the moment as a social site -- Conclusion: making the most of the moment.This book investigates the cultural construction of immediacy in Beat writing. It places an expanded canon of Beat writers in an early postmodern context that highlights their importance in American poetics and outlines the effects of gender and race on Beat writing in the postwar years. Mortenson argues that Beat writers focused on action, desire, and spontaneity to establish an authentic connection to the world around them. He challenges the stereotype of the Beats as simply timeless hipsters by demonstrating their importance to our understanding of the changes occurring in America in the middle of the twentieth century.--[book cover].Beat generationAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismBeat generation.American literatureHistory and criticism.810.9/0054Mortenson Erik1970-1528043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781353903321Capturing the beat moment3771449UNINA