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Author:   Stephen R. Duncan (Bronx Community College--City University of New York)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781421426334

ISBN 10:   1421426331
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   27 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Maps of North Beach and Greenwich Village Introduction. Can You Show Me the Way to the Rebel Café? Chapter One. Blue Angels, Black Cats, and Reds: Cabaret and the Left-Wing Roots of the Rebel Café Chapter Two. Subterranean Aviators: Postwar America's Literary Underground Chapter Three. Bop Apocalypse, Freedom Now!: Jazz, Civil Rights, and the Politics of Cross-Racial Desire Chapter Four. Beatniks and Blabbermouths, Bartok and Bar Talk: New Bohemia and the Search for Community Chapter Five. Rise of the ""Sickniks"": Nightclubs, Humor, and the Public Sphere Chapter Six. The New Cabaret: Performance, Personal Politics, and the End of the Rebel Café Conclusion. Playboys and Partisans: American Culture, the New Left, and the Legacy of the Rebel Café Notes Index"

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An outstanding work of cultural history that is also one of cultural geography. Rarely has a book about a subculture revealed such an extraordinary sense of place. [Duncan] animates the Village for those who only heard it described as a bohemian utopia. The San Remo, the Village Vanguard, and the White Horse Tavern leap from names on the page to places in the memory, causing readers who know the territory to pause and remember a scene that is no more . . . Reaching the end of Duncan's remarkable book, I could not help but think of King Arthur's reflections in the final scene of the Broadway musical Camelot (1960): For one brief shining hour there was something known as Camelot. Such was Greenwich Village, as lovingly recreated by Duncan. -- Bernard F. Dick, Fairleigh Dickinson University * H-Diplo *

An outstanding work of cultural history that is also one of cultural geography. Rarely has a book about a subculture revealed such an extraordinary sense of place. [Duncan] animates the Village for those who only heard it described as a bohemian utopia. The San Remo, the Village Vanguard, and the White Horse Tavern leap from names on the page to places in the memory, causing readers who know the territory to pause and remember a scene that is no more... Reaching the end of Duncan's remarkable book, I could not help but think of King Arthur's reflections in the final scene of the Broadway musical Camelot (1960): For one brief shining hour there was something known as Camelot. Such was Greenwich Village, as lovingly recreated by Duncan. -- Bernard F. Dick, Fairleigh Dickinson University * H-Diplo *

Author Information

Stephen R. Duncan is an assistant professor of history at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

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