Counterculture and Counter-memory in Beat Literature

Amidst the few studies on the Beat Generation and Jack Kerouac, this research takes a step towards the academic recognition of the literature created by this group of American writers in the 1950s. One of the lenses for this analysis is the presence of counterculture and countermemory in the beats' accounts. The exploration of elements of counterculture, in addition to contextualizing the cultural scenario of the "American Way of Life" in which the works were written, also aids in understan...