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CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE

CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE. 1960S HISTORY. SALSBERRY. THE COUNTERCULTURE. WHO : Mostly white, middle-class college youths. WHAT : A social/cultural movement with the goal of establishing a new society based on peace and love. WHERE : The USA WHEN : The 1960s

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CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE

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  1. CULTURE AND COUNTERCULTURE 1960S HISTORY SALSBERRY

  2. THE COUNTERCULTURE • WHO: Mostly white, middle-class college youths. • WHAT: A social/cultural movement with the goal of establishing a new society based on peace and love. • WHERE: The USA • WHEN: The 1960s • WHY: These people had grown disillusioned with the war in Vietnam and injustices in America during the 1960s. Give peace a chance!

  3. WHAT DID THEY BELIEVE? • “TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT” • “Tune in, turn on, drop out” (Dr. Timothy Leary, Harvard Professor). • Leave work, school, home to create an idyllic community of peace, love, and harmony • Believed the same things as the New Left • Believed society had grown hollow • Influenced by the beat movement of the 1950s Above: Beatniks of the 1950s

  4. HIPPIES • HIPPIE CULTURE • Hippies were members of the counterculture • Drugs • LSD (hallucinogenic) • Marijuana • Eastern Religion • Zen Buddhism – obtaining enlightenment through meditation • Style • Long hair, ragged jeans, tie-dye, love beads, Native American ornaments • Disrespectful?

  5. CAN A STYLE BE DISRESPECTFUL?

  6. COMMUNES • Rejection of conventional home life • Renouncement of private property • Lived communally in rural areas Above: Drop City Commune in Denver, Colorado

  7. “HIPPIE CENTRAL” • HAIGH –ASHBURY’ • District in San Francisco, CA • The “Hub” • “Summer of love” (1967) • Played a large part in the decline of the movement. “If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair”

  8. THE END OF THE MOVEMENT • PEACE AND HARMONY TURNS IN TO VIOLENCE AND DISILLUSIONMENT • “Do your own thing” • Overdoses and addictions • Irony! • Charlie Manson murders • Kent State • Altamont Free Concert (1969) • Moral Panic Site of Jeffery Miller’s body

  9. LEGACY: A CHANGING CULTURE ART • POP ART • Bright, simple, commercial looking images • Everyday life • Made to look mass-produced and impersonal • OTHER ART • Colorful symbols of the counterculture (painted buses, buildings, faces, etc.) Above: Campbell’s Soup I (1968) by Andy Warhol

  10. LEGACY: A CHANGING CULTURE ROCK MUSIC • “Anthem of protest” • Offshoot of African-American rhythm and blues • The Beatles • WoodstockMusic and Art Fair (1969) • 400,000 people • “3 Days of Peace & Music” • Overrated? Above: Woodstock Poster

  11. THE BEATLES

  12. LEGACY: A CHANGING CULTURE • CHANGING ATTITUDES • “Sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll” all becoming more “casual”. • Dress, appearance, lifestyle, social behavior also becoming more casual. • Tolerance • Media addressing taboo subjects. • Liberating or morally bankrupt? Above: After the Hippie movement, many Americans became “political”.

  13. CONSERVATIVE RESPONSE • THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT: NOT FOR EVERYBODY • Decadent • Choosing self-expression over being rational • Morally bankrupt • People feared America was headed towards Anarchy • Not harmonious, violent Above: The nation was set on a more conservative course, propelling Nixon into the White House.

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