The 1950s Beat Generation
Much like the original hipsters, the beat generation of the 1950’s was anti-conformist. A group of writers from New York started a literary movement that would become known as the beat movement. This group went against mainstream ideals and had a bohemianism lifestyle. They used art, music, and literature to express their beliefs and escape from the real world (Brown). Originally, the public rejected this culture because of the drug use, open sexuality, and self-imposed poverty that were associated with the beats. However, once the media took ahold of this group, the beat generation became popular to middle class college students. The women of the beat generation often wore their hair long and loose, and wore black leotards. The iconic male style included dark framed glasses, berets, black turtlenecks, and goatees. Their fashion style contributed to their attitude of snubbing middle class values. The beats also did this by participating in radical politics, partying profusely, and expressing themselves artistically (Faulkner).
Much like the original hipsters, the beat generation of the 1950’s was anti-conformist. A group of writers from New York started a literary movement that would become known as the beat movement. This group went against mainstream ideals and had a bohemianism lifestyle. They used art, music, and literature to express their beliefs and escape from the real world (Brown). Originally, the public rejected this culture because of the drug use, open sexuality, and self-imposed poverty that were associated with the beats. However, once the media took ahold of this group, the beat generation became popular to middle class college students. The women of the beat generation often wore their hair long and loose, and wore black leotards. The iconic male style included dark framed glasses, berets, black turtlenecks, and goatees. Their fashion style contributed to their attitude of snubbing middle class values. The beats also did this by participating in radical politics, partying profusely, and expressing themselves artistically (Faulkner).