Life in America in 1969 Americans were experiencing a split in society in 1969 from both domestic and foreign issues‚ the events of this time ultimately affects the public’s view of their government. In 1969‚ the foreign Vietnam war as well as the civil rights movement created a change in society that was displayed by music and a change in culture. The recent actions taken in vietnam by the johnson administration‚ as well as Nixon’s first year in office‚ created split in society relative to the
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The 1969 film‚ Easy Rider‚ directed by Dennis Hopper is what many people consider to be a modern Western of the 1960’s. This film is a follow up film to the 1966 film‚ The Wild Angels‚ starring Peter Fonda. The film begins with two longhaired hippie motorcycle riders buying cocaine to smuggle from Mexico to sell to a notorious drug dealer in California. The two men are referred to as Captain America and Billy the Kid. Captain America drives a low-riding Harley Davidson bike with a red‚ white‚ and
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“All across the nation such a strange vibration‚ people in motion. There’s a whole generation with a new explanation‚ people in motion‚ people in motion. For those who come to San Francisco‚ be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. If you come to San Francisco‚ summertime will be a love-in there” (McKenzie). “At no other time in history of American culture has the creativity of the whole younger generation been called into play” (Chambers 72). From the love festivals to the Vietnam War protests
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traditionally perceived that Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War was the event/action that caused Australian society to change. The Vietnam War was the major push or an impetus for change in Australia and gave the new counterculture great momentum that eventually helped the counterculture to challenge the government and contribute to change in Australia. The result was a dramatic change in Australia’s society‚ irrevocably changing the once conservative culture to today’s modern multi-cultural society
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cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image. The reason why Wal-Mart or Sears cannot effectively create a trendy counterculture image is because‚ in the case of Wal-Mart‚ it operates on a high volume low profit margin. They also state that the only way to do this is to be able to mass-produce‚ have products mass-produced for‚ or at least‚ buy in bulk. That very philosophy makes it impossible to be either trendy‚ or counterculture. Trendy counterculture is about being unique or different
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The Summer of Love The 1960s was a decade of political and social upheaval. The counterculture‚ which was what the decade was called‚ became disappointed with all the restrictions and conventions of the straight society. The Summer of Love did not occur until 1967‚ but the decade was inspired by the Bohemian spirit which was already present in the 1950s; known as the Beat generation. The counterculture gained significant influence in liberal cities such as Berkley and San Francisco. In 1967‚ Scott
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Flowers and Acid Call them freaks‚ the underground‚ the counterculture‚ flower children‚ or just simply hippies‚ they are all loose labels for the youth culture of the 60’s that transformed life in the West as we knew it‚ introducing the spirit of freedom‚ of hope‚ of happiness‚ of change‚ and of revolution (Miles 9). The years that made up the 1960’s were some of the most exciting and turbulent years in American history. The post World War II baby boomers grew up. A president and
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WWII‚ the American family’s structure changed drastically‚ with many types of families appearing‚ aside from the nuclear family structure. The baby boom led to larger families and an increase of child births and the women’s right movement and counterculture played part in the rise of single parent households. With minorities gaining more rights‚ more biracial households started to appear‚ while couples’ decisions to get divorces led to step families and half siblings in families. The definition of
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Many Cultural Worlds: Subcultures and Countercultures A subculture can be defined as a set of cultural characteristics shared among a group within a society that (1) are distinct in some ways from the larger culture within which the group exists‚ but (2) also have some features in common with the larger culture. Some case studies can include: Hip-Hop‚ Computer Geeks‚ Dead Heads‚ Bikers‚ Ravers‚ Skaters‚ and Goths Subcultures are groups whose values and related behaviors are so distinct that they
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challenge ideas and lifestyles‚ pushing for alternative methods of life. They wanted nothing to do with the current culture they were living in and tried to establish all kinds of things to be specifically their own (Richards‚ 2014). Once the counterculture was in full swing‚ there were distinct ideas and characteristics the lifestyle was represented
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