Transcript Counterculture of the 1960s

Counterculture of the 1960s
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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
Lived in communes
Hippies
Hippies
VW Van
Downside to Counterculture
Commune life led to corruption
Drug addiction
Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix OD in
1970
Most hippies returned to the society
that they had once rejected
Jimi Hendrix
Culture or Counterculture?
Pop art: Andy Warhol
Symbolized the commercialism of the times
More Warhol Inspired Art
The Beatles
First played in US
in 1964
Took US by storm,
hugely popular
Inspired millions
“British Invasion”
Woodstock
1969, farm in New York
400,000 arrived for this free music
festival
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe
cocker, Joan Baez, Grateful Dead,
Jefferson Airplane
Heavy rains turned the festival into
one huge mud pit
Woodstock
Woodstock
Sexual Revolution
TV, books, music and movies began
addressing subjects that had been
taboo
Some saw this as liberating, others as
moral decay
The 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 election
Traditionalists saw hippies and New
Left as a threat, categorized them as
dangerous rebels
Mainstream US scared by
counterculture, set off a wave of
conservativism that is still present
today
Result of counterculture