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A political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics--from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. American counterculture, defined as a movement whose values are outside and oppositional to mainstream norms and whose practices fundamentally reject what is socially respectable, ultimately transformed the 20th century. With key players: And key movements: At a time when counterculture was on the outskirts of American society, Alex Zamalin explores the reason why.
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Alex Zamalin is Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He’s an internationally recognized expert on American culture, political theory, and African American politics with six previously published titles. Zamalin is also a regular guest on NPR as well as an invited lecturer at various institutions on issues relating to antiracism, diversity, and culture. He holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center.
