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These people didn't believe in conforming to society norms and they were labeled free-thinkers for this. Society says dress this way. They didn't dress that way. Society says not to do drugs. They did a lot of them

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Coffee shops have closed down likely to the fact that Beaniks were performing poetry of such 'chaotic' nature and they did not want anyone to be influenced by it

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Beatniks also enjoyed poetry. Beat poets sought to transform poetry into an expression of genuine lived experience. When performing their work, often they would do it with jazz music in the background. They would be considered ‘chaotic’ because they would have no shame in referencing sex as well as other things that weren’t considered something you could perform in poetry. Allen Ginsber’s Howl became the most representative poetic expression of the beat movement and was publicized in 1957. Many people advocated for this type of poetry because it promoted freedom in one way or another.

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The 1950’s Beat Movement was also known as the Beat Generation. The original meaning of ‘beat’ was weary, but was later changed in meaning to fit a musical sense. Beatniks separated themselves from the general public by adopting different ways of life. They dressed differently, their manners were different. They had what was considered a hip vocabulary which was derived from jazz musicians. The Beatniks advocated for personal release, purification, as well as illumination through the heightened sensory awareness that could be induced via drugs, jazz, sex, or the disciplines of Zen Buddhism.

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The beat generation had a large impact on society. Not only did it allow people to question the society they lived in and move out of it, but it also set precedent for bigger things such as hippies and anti-war movement.

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A key belief and practice of the Beat Generation was free love and sexual liberty. Some were openly gay or bisexual. Many wrote openly about interracial love and their love affairs.

Original members of the Beat Culture used a number drugs such as alcohol, marijuana, Benzedrine, and morphine. They later started to use psychedelic drugs such as peyote, ayahuasca, and LSD. They believed it enhanced creativity, insight or productivity.

Writers were heavily influenced by jazz. They incorporated their emotions towards jazz into some of their works. They discussed feelings, people, and objects associated with jazz in their writings.

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The beat generation orignially started because people were tired of the routine and felt "beaten" down by traditional life style. The Beat generation was intended to echo the lost generation of 1920, but had a much larger impact in history.

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The majority of the beat generations fame came from Ginsberg's book "Howl", Burrough's "Naked Lunch", and Keroauc's "On The Road". These three books were the main reason why people started to pay attention to beat literature.

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Some writers of that era wanted to start a new counter culture trend.

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One of the key beliefs and practices during the Beat Generation was free love and sexual liberation, which during this time was frowned upon in the Christian ideals of American culture at the time. Some Beat writers were openly gay or bisexual, including two of the most prominent writers (Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs).

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Beat poets wanted to transform poetry to become and expression of genuine experiences. Sometimes when they would read their work it would be accompanied by jazz. Verses were frequently chaotic often had obscenities and frank references to sex. It was intended to free poetry from academic preciosity. Allow a free and unstructured composition where the writer could put down their thoughts and feelings without a plan or revision to convey the experience.

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Allen Ginsberg is one of the 20th century's most influential poets, regarded as a founding father of the Beat Movement and known for the works like "Howl." William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac were also the founding fathers of the Beat Generation.

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A couple things that caused the rise of the Beat Generation were the uniformity of housing and conformity of behavior which evidently led to reactive anarchy in creative expression. The second reason was the restrictions of McCarthyism which inspired Beats to redefine literature, arts, and music through strict rules.

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A social and literacy movement centered in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco's North Beach, Los Angeles' Vince west, and New York City's Greenwich Village.

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Young people in the 1950s and early 1960s that belonged to a subculture associated with the beat generation were known as Beatniks. Beatnik was also a media stereotype prevalent throughout the late 1940s, 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation.

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They tried to incorporate more ideologies into american society. They used drugs and strayed away from a lot of the norms.

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The beat culture during the 1950s was also known as the Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.