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COUNTERCULTURE & COUNTERCULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE OF POPULAR CULTURE OF
THE 1960STHE 1960S
COUNTER CULTURECOUNTER CULTURE Reaction against the conservative government, social norms of the Reaction against the conservative government, social norms of the
1950s, the political conservatism of the Cold War period, and the 1950s, the political conservatism of the Cold War period, and the US Government's extensive military intervention in VietnamUS Government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam
New LeftNew Left Middle class college studentsMiddle class college students Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
• Founded at the University of Michigan in 1960Founded at the University of Michigan in 1960• Organizational base for New LeftOrganizational base for New Left• Port Huron StatementPort Huron Statement
Criticized the lack of individual freedomsCriticized the lack of individual freedoms• Believed colleges were a natural base to promote social changeBelieved colleges were a natural base to promote social change• Began protesting the lack of student freedomsBegan protesting the lack of student freedoms
Dress code, course requirements, and discrimination in sororities, fraternities, Dress code, course requirements, and discrimination in sororities, fraternities, and admissions and admissions
• Began student anti-war movementBegan student anti-war movement
COUNTER CULTURECOUNTER CULTURE
New LeftNew Left Free Speech MovementFree Speech Movement
• Organized at Berkeley in 1964Organized at Berkeley in 1964• Used sit-ins and taking over college buildings to Used sit-ins and taking over college buildings to
protest the warprotest the war Young International Party (Yippies)Young International Party (Yippies)
• Democratic National Convention in 1968Democratic National Convention in 1968• ChicagoChicago• Anti-war protestAnti-war protest• Police brutalityPolice brutality
COUNTERCULTURECOUNTERCULTURE HippiesHippies
Middle class youthMiddle class youth DressDress
• Jeans, tie-dyed shirts, sandals, beards, long hairJeans, tie-dyed shirts, sandals, beards, long hair Lifestyle choicesLifestyle choices
• DrugsDrugs MarijuanaMarijuana LSD (Hallucinogenic)LSD (Hallucinogenic)
• MusicMusic• CommunesCommunes
Groups living together shaping responsibilitiesGroups living together shaping responsibilities• Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco)Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco)
Focal pointFocal point
COUNTERCULTURECOUNTERCULTURE
WoodstockWoodstock Aug. 15-18, 1969Aug. 15-18, 1969 Bethel, New YorkBethel, New York 500,000 people500,000 people 32 music groups/artists32 music groups/artists Camped outsideCamped outside 30 min wait for water30 min wait for water 90 min wait for restrooms90 min wait for restrooms 2 deaths2 deaths 2 births2 births Focal point of countercultureFocal point of counterculture
POPULAR CULTUREPOPULAR CULTURE
Demographics Population-177,830,000 Average Salary-$4,743 Minimum Wage-$1.00 per hour 850,000 students enter college resulting in
emergency living quarters at most campuses
POPULAR CULTUREPOPULAR CULTURE
Architecture Refinement of Modernism
• St. Louis Arch-Eero Saarinen• Walter Gropius-Pan Am Building (Met Life)
Art Influenced by desire to move into modern age Artists wanted to inspire the viewer to leap
into the unknown or experience art in their own way
Andy Warhol-leading name in pop art
POPULAR CULTUREPOPULAR CULTURE
Literature Expressed problems in society Race relations
• To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee Feminism
• The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath• The Feminine Mystique-Betty Friedan
Disillusionment• Catch 22-Joseph Heller• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-Ken Kesey
POPULAR CULTUREPOPULAR CULTURE
Music Rhythm & Blues (R & B) African Americans
• Supremes• Aretha Franklin• James Brown• Jimi Hendrix
Folk Music Counterculture
• Bob Dylan• Joan Baez• Peter, Paul & Mary
POPULAR CULTUREPOPULAR CULTURE
Music Teenage influence
• Beach Boys• Beatles• Righteous Brothers
Acid/psychedelic Rock• Influenced by drug use• Jefferson Airplane• Grateful Dead