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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  WHY: These people had grown disillusioned with the war in Vietnam and injustices in America during the 1960s. Give peace a chance!

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

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?

CAN A STYLE BE DISRESPECTFUL?

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

“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”

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

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

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

THE BEATLES

 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? LEGACY: A CHANGING CULTURE Above: After the Hippie movement, many Americans became “political”.

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.