Beatniks

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Beatniks were members of a 1950s–1960s countercultural youth movement known for its bohemian lifestyle, rejection of mainstream values, and embrace of experimental art, literature, and jazz.

Aliases (2)
  • Beat literature ×1
  • Beatnik ×1

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf countercultural movement
social group
youth subculture
associatedWithArtForm abstract art
poetry readings
spoken word performance
associatedWithMovement Beat Generation
associatedWithMusicGenre bebop jazz
cool jazz
associatedWithPerson Allen Ginsberg
Gregory Corso
Jack Kerouac
Neal Cassady
William S. Burroughs
emergedInCity New York City
San Francisco
emergedInNeighborhood Greenwich Village
North Beach
hasCharacteristic anti-materialism
bohemian lifestyle
existentialist attitudes
individualism
informal dress
interest in experimental art
interest in experimental literature
interest in modern jazz
nonconformity
rejection of mainstream values
use of hip slang
hasOrigin United States
hasTimePeriod 1950s
1960s
influenced 1960s counterculture
alternative art scenes
hippie movement
influencedBy Beat literature
Eastern religions
Zen Buddhism
bohemianism
existentialist philosophy
jazz culture
portrayedAs symbol of rebellion against conformity
portrayedIn American popular culture of the late 1950s
stereotypedAppearance berets
black turtlenecks
goatees
sandals
sunglasses
typicalActivity attending poetry readings
gathering in coffeehouses
hitchhiking and traveling
listening to jazz clubs
writing experimental literature

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Beat Generation
influenced
Tarantula ("Beat literature")
influencedBy
Beat Generation ("Beatnik")
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