counterculture of the 1960s
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Counterculture of the 1960s. 30.3. Hippies. Influenced by Beat movement of 1950s and New Left anti-war groups Many youth left school, work, home Peace, love and harmony. Hippie Culture. Rock n roll Outrageous clothing Illegal drugs: marijuana, LSD Embraced Buddhism Long hair - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Counterculture of the 1960s
30.3
Hippies
Influenced by Beat movement of 1950s and New Left anti-war groupsMany youth left school, work, home Peace, love and harmony
Hippie Culture
Rock n rollOutrageous clothingIllegal drugs: marijuana, LSDEmbraced BuddhismLong hairLived in communes
Hippies
Hippies
VW Van
Downside to Counterculture
Commune life led to corruptionDrug addictionJanis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix OD in 1970Most hippies returned to the society that they had once rejected
Jimi Hendrix
Culture or Counterculture?
Pop art: Andy WarholSymbolized the commercialism of the times
More Warhol Inspired Art
The Beatles
First played in US in 1964Took US by storm, hugely popularInspired millions“British Invasion”
Woodstock
1969, farm in New York400,000 arrived for this free music festivalJimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe cocker, Joan Baez, Grateful Dead, Jefferson AirplaneHeavy rains turned the festival into one huge mud pit
Woodstock
Woodstock
Sexual Revolution
TV, books, music and movies began addressing subjects that had been tabooSome saw this as liberating, others as moral decayThe long term effects of counterculture are clear to see today, but they had a reverse affect at the time
Conservative Response
Richard Nixon wins 68 electionTraditionalists saw hippies and New Left as a threat, categorized them as dangerous rebelsMainstream US scared by counterculture, set off a wave of conservativism that is still present today
Result of counterculture