The Vanishing American Hobo
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"The Vanishing American Hobo" is an essay by Jack Kerouac reflecting on the decline of the traditional American hobo and the changing nature of freedom and wandering in modern society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vanishing American Hobo canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | essay ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American counterculture
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road literature ⓘ |
| author | Jack Kerouac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
conformity in mid-20th-century America
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criminalization of homelessness and vagrancy ⓘ increasing regulation of public space ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPointOfView | first-person reflection ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
loss of anonymity in modern society
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police and legal harassment of hobos ⓘ romantic past of American wandering life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Vanishing American Hobo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American hobo culture
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Kerouac's own experiences with travel and wandering ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Beat literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American culture
NERFINISHED
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freedom ⓘ hobos ⓘ modern society ⓘ wandering ⓘ |
| movement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | essayistic ⓘ |
| partOf | Jack Kerouac bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | hobo as symbol of freedom ⓘ |
| theme |
changing nature of freedom in America
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decline of the traditional American hobo ⓘ impact of modern institutions on individual freedom ⓘ romanticization of the hobo lifestyle ⓘ surveillance and control in modern life ⓘ vagrancy and social marginalization ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
American hobos in the 20th century
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contrast between past and present forms of wandering ⓘ social attitudes toward vagrancy ⓘ |
| workOf | Jack Kerouac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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