AbstractsSociology

In the 1950s, in the districts of California, a countercultural movement was formed opposed to the strict, traditional culture of the Post-War American society. Extending beyond the world of art, music, and literature, the Beat Generation movement introduced a wide range of social expression forewarning society for physical and spiritual alienation. The McCarthian regime had set boundaries to countercultural communication obstructing the cultural growth of America establishing racial segregation and thus, social exclusion. The African American communities were directly affected by the imposed norms forging a social status quo of controversies where inequality and discrimination were leading the human conscious. The aim of this project is to study parts of the Beat literature in order to delve deeper into the causes of these social inequalities and reflect the African American perception of a white supremacist society. In order to get a clear image of the African American angle it is vital the juxtaposition of the two worlds, the subjugated black culture and that of the white supremacist American society. The results of such a research will assist in Cultural Criticism’s aim of inviting cultural border crossing and evolving critical consciousness concerning marginalized voices and cultural groups.