The Reception of the American Counterculture in Communist Romania (1960-1975): The Rebels with a Cause
The Reception of the American Counterculture in Communist Romania (1960-1975): The Rebels with a Cause

Summary/Abstract: In my research I want to shed light on a marginal phenomenon that emerged in Eastern Europe in 1960s. I will focus on the reception of the American counterculture and, more specifically, I will explain which ideas were imported. Through a multidisciplinary approach, I will try to show how the political and social context determined some variations of the American original phenomenon. Therefore, in the first part I will present the birth of the Romanian counterculture. I will ask myself which concepts were assimilated by the Romanian artists (Marxism, nationalism and mysticism). I will use two cases as examples: Dorin Liviu Zaharia and Phoenix.

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