Cold War Pop Culture Lecture 6
Standard 11.9.3 Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences of the Cold War Essential Question: ???
Conformity in the 1950s Nuclear Families Baby Boom Dr. Benjamin Spock Traditional Baby Boom (1946 – 1964) 30 million babies born Dr. Benjamin Spock The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, 1945
Television
Fast Cars and Freedom Automobile car became status symbol drive-thru restaurants/movies garage
Pop Culture Project Cold War culture movies, TV, and literature reflected the Cold War Invasion of the Body Snatchers Dr. Strangelove Fail-Safe “The Crucible” Rebel without a Cause combination of patriotism, fear, hope, and prosperity
Rock On Rock and Roll rock and roll “borrowed” from Black America race music parents worried the music would incite immorality
The First Emo Beat Movement embraced non-conformity and non-materialism poets, authors, and musicians criticized of being un-patriotic precursors to counter-culture of 1960s Jack Kerouac On the Road, 1957 Allen Ginsburg Howl, 1956 William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch, 1959
Youth Rebellion James Dean Elvis Presley Marilyn Monroe represented teen angst and rebellion Rebel without a Cause Elvis Presley became the first rock and roll superstar Marilyn Monroe sexual icon of the 1950s