beat generation

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bir çeşit dans ve bunun müziği
bebop
{i} caz müzik türü
bebop
jazz müzik
the beat generation
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English - English
A group of American writers who came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their most important works are Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957), Allen Ginsberg's Howl (1956), and William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959)
post-World War II generation of artists and writers characterized by their rejection of social convention and interest in Eastern culture/religion
A group of American writers and artists popular in the 1950s and early 1960s, influenced by Eastern philosophy and religion and known especially for their use of nontraditional forms and their rejection of conventional social values. the group of young people in the 1950s, including the writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, who refused to accept the values of Western society, and showed this by refusing to work, keeping no material possessions, and wearing their own style of clothes
A cultural style and artistic move­ment of the 1950s that rejected traditional Ameri­can family life and material values and celebrated African‑American culture They tapped an under­ground dissatisfaction with mainstream American culture
A group belonging to the [first] generation coming to maturity after World War II that asserted a loss of faith in Western cultural traditions and rejected conventional norms of dress and behavior
The Beat Generation extolled values that conventional Americans abhorred Beats scorned materialism, traditional family life, religion, sexuality, and politics They rejected the idea of success in America
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a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz e
beat generation

    Hyphenation

    beat gen·e·ra·tion

    Turkish pronunciation

    bit cenıreyşın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbēt ˌʤenərˈāsʜən/ /ˈbiːt ˌʤɛnɜrˈeɪʃən/
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