The Rebel Café sex, race, and politics in Cold War America's nightclub underground / Stephen R. Duncan.
| Author/creator | Duncan, Stephen R., 1970- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. |
| Description | xii, 317 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Can you show me the way to the Rebel Cafe? -- Blue angels, black cats, and reds : cabaret and the leftwing roots of the Rebel Cafe -- Subterranean aviators : postwar America's literary underground -- Bop apocalypse, freedom now! : jazz, civil rights, and the politics of cross-racial desire -- Beatniks and blabbermouths, Bartok and bar talk : new bohemia and the search for community -- Rise of the "sickniks" : nightclubs, humor, and the public sphere -- The new cabaret : performance, personal politics, and the end of the Rebel Cafe -- Playboys and partisans : American culture, the new left, and the legacy of the Rebel Cafe. |
| Abstract | "Beneath the mythical and benign surface of the 1950s roiled a sociocultural movement that would burst into view in the 1960s. The Rebel Café illuminates these currents by shining a spotlight on America's urban underground nightlife. In the midst of the Cold War, subterranean nightspots in New York and San Francisco were social, cultural, and even political hothouses for leftwing bohemians and cultural producers. Stephen R. Duncan's analysis of this radical history unveils the interwoven struggles for libertarian anarchism, civil rights, gay liberation, and feminism that shaped the contours of postwar left-liberalism and cultural dissent--as well as the tensions that later tore this fabric into the discreet badges of identity politics. By paying attention to urban leisure and nightlife in the postwar period and connecting these areas to national social change in the 1950s, The Rebel Café will appeal to a popular audience as well as cultural historians"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Maryland, 2014. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-302) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017058442 |
| ISBN | 9781421426334 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1421426331 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |