Transcript Ch. 17-1-1
Ch. 17-1-1 The Counterculture Why It Matters • Arose in the 1960s • Culture counter to mainstream • Rebelled against customs in dress, music and personal behavior • Americans moved to reassert traditional values The Counterculture Rises • Movements in the 1950s showed others how to successfully protest • Huge anti-Vietnam movement • Distrust of authority • Questioned cultural norms • Valued: • Youth, spontaneity, and freedom of expression • Promoted: • Peace, love, and freedom • Sex and drugs common • Led to a generation gap Music and Art Shape Youth Culture • Trinity of the counterculture: • Sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll • Music by: • Bob Dylan, the Beatles, John Sinclair • Music used to protest • Rock-and-roll would stay • Art by: • Andy Warhol QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. The Sexual Revolution • Rejected many traditional restrictions on sexual behavior • Many hippies lived in communes • Small communities that shared resources • Led to discussions of sex in mainstream media • Hippies often advocated drug use, led to increased crime Exploring Different Routes to Spirituality • Many started to seek spirituality through Buddhism and other Eastern religions • Others lived in harmony with nature • Some hippies lived as the Native Americans did • In rural communes