Rebel Cafe
Rebel Cafe The art and antics of rebellious figures in 1950s American nightlife--from the Beat Generation to eccentric jazz musicians and comedians--have long fascinated fans and scholars alike.…
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Rebel Cafe
The art and antics of rebellious figures in 1950s American nightlife--from the Beat Generation to eccentric jazz musicians and comedians--have long fascinated fans and scholars alike. Duncan flips the frame, focusing on the New York and San Francisco bars, nightclubs, and coffeehouses from which these cultural icons emerged. In The Rebel Caf , Stephen R.
Throughout this period, Duncan argues, nightspots were crucial--albeit informal--institutions of the American democratic public sphere. Duncan shows that the sexy, smoky sites of bohemian Greenwich Village and North Beach offered not just entertainment but doorways to a new sociopolitical consciousness.This book is a collective biography of the places that harbored beatniks, blabbermouths, hipsters, playboys, and partisans who altered the shape of postwar liberal politics and culture. Amid the Red Scare's repressive