Counter Culture
What is a counter culture? Rejects main stream, middle class values and customs
1950s and 1960s Culture of Suburbia: Own home Materialism/ consumerism Affluence Conformity Cookie cutter “clean cut”
Rebellion in the 1950s
Rebellion of the 1960s Seeking alternate ways of life Communes Free love Psychedelic drugs Politics New Left/ SDS Pacifism Anti War Pro Civil Rights Song analysis Hippies Long hair/ loose clothes No make up Folk or psychedelic music
WHY?? Question middle class values Cold War fears Civil Rights protests Vietnam war