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Definition of the beat generation in English Turkish dictionary
- asi gençlik
- beat generation
- asi gençlik
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Definition of the beat generation in English English dictionary
- Beat Generation
- 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)
- Beat Generation
- post-World War II generation of artists and writers characterized by their rejection of social convention and interest in Eastern culture/religion
- Beat Generation
- 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
- beat generation
- 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
- beat generation
- 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
- beat generation
- 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
- beat generation
- bebop
- beat generation
- 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
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the beat gen·e·ra·tionTurkish pronunciation
dhi bit cenıreyşınPronunciation
/ᴛʜē ˈbēt ˌʤenərˈāsʜən/ /ðiː ˈbiːt ˌʤɛnɜrˈeɪʃən/
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