02456nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10469380 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100319s2011 ilua sb 001 0 eng d 2010010658 9780809330133 (alk. paper) 080933013X (alk. paper) 0809386135 (e-book) 9780809386130 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)730524453 n-us--- PS228.B6 M66 2011eb 810.9/0054 22 Mortenson, Erik, 1970- Capturing the beat moment [electronic resource] : cultural politics and the poetics of presence / Erik Mortenson. Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011. xii, 226 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: rethinking the beats -- Being present: authenticity in postwar America -- The visionary state: uniting past, present, and future -- Immanence and transcendence: Reich, orgasm, and the body -- Recording the moment: the role of the photograph in beat representation -- Getting together: heterotopia and the moment as a social site -- Conclusion: making the most of the moment. This book investigates the cultural construction of immediacy in Beat writing. It places an expanded canon of Beat writers in an early postmodern context that highlights their importance in American poetics and outlines the effects of gender and race on Beat writing in the postwar years. Mortenson argues that Beat writers focused on action, desire, and spontaneity to establish an authentic connection to the world around them. He challenges the stereotype of the Beats as simply timeless hipsters by demonstrating their importance to our understanding of the changes occurring in America in the middle of the twentieth century.--[book cover]. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Beat generation. American literature 20th century History and criticism. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10469380 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 114781 114781