Question

Hanes Dean, Elvis Presley, and Allen Ginsberg were all popular with youth in the 1950s. What did they represent?

Answer 1

James Dean was an American actor, considered a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement. Elvis Presley was an iconic American singer and actor, known as the king of Rock and Roll; and Allen Ginsberg was one of the leading figures of the Beat generation during 1950 as an American poet, philosopher and writer. These three iconic figures represented freedom and rebellion, especially in terms of sexuality in a society governed by machismo. They were the figures who represented the changing ideas of youth people who refused to be oppressed by the government rule and that led to Counter-Culture Movement.