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CCuullttuurree && CCoouunntteerrccuullttuurreeU.S. HistoryMr. Johnson
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TThhee A Afffflluueenntt SSoocciieettyy• Post-WWII
economic boom• Private
sector wealth
• Public sector poverty
TThhee M Maann i inn tthhee GGrraayy FFllaannnneel l SSuuiitt• Search for
purpose in a world dominated by business
• Materialism vs. meaning
DDeeaatthh oof f aa SSaalleessmmaann• Play by Arthur
Miller• Lack of
fulfillment from materialistic life
• “You can’t eat the orange and throw away the peel. A man is not a piece of fruit!”
CCaattcchheer r iinn t thhee R Ryyee• Adolescent angst,
alienation, sexuality
HHoowwllI saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flatsfloating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz…
JJaammeess D Deeaann
“Rebel Without a Cause”
BBeerrrryy & & PPrreesslleeyy
“Jailhouse Rock”“Johnny B. Goode”
BBrriittiisshh IInnvvaassiioonn• The Beatles
on the Ed Sullivan show, 1964
• Other bands– Rolling
Stones– The Who– The
Yardbirds
RRoolllliinng g SSttoonneess
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
JJiimmii H Heennddrriixx• Revolutioniz
ed American rock music
• Woodstock, 1969
• “Star Spangled Banner/Purple Haze”
VViissuuaal l AArrttss
PPoop p AArrtt
Andy Warhol & Roy Lichtenstein
AAnnddy y WWaarrhhooll
RRooyy L Liicchhtteennsstteeiinn
RRooyy L Liicchhtteennsstteeiinn
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PPssyycchheeddeelliic c AArrtt
HHiippppiie e CCuullttuurree
““NNeevveerr TTrruusst t AAnnyyoonne e OOvveerr TThhiirrtty”y”
HHaaiigghhtt--AAsshhbbuurryy
• Center of San Francisco’s hippie/drug/art culture (hippie = counterculture)
• Summer of Love, 1967– “If you're going to San Francisco,
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...If you're going to San Francisco,Summertime will be a love-in there.”
HHaaiigghhtt--AAsshhbbuurryy
LLSSD D && MMaarriijjuuaannaa
WWooooddssttoocckk, , 11996699
Richie Richie HavensHavens
Swami Swami SatchidanandaSatchidananda Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar Joan BaezJoan Baez
SantanaSantana Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Janis JoplinJanis Joplin The WhoThe Who
Jefferson AirplaneJefferson Airplane Crosby, Stills & Crosby, Stills & NashNash
Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixCreedence Creedence Clearwater Clearwater
RevivalRevival
WWooooddssttoocckk, , 11996699
AAbbbbiiee HHooffffmmaann
AAllttaammoonntt CCoonncceerrtt• “Woodstock
of the West Coast,” 1969
• Murder by Hell’s Angels while Rolling Stones performed
CChhaarrllees s MMaannssoonn• “Manson
Family” cult• Serial murders
by “flower children”
NNiixxoon n PPrreessiiddeennccyy• “Law and
Order”• “Silent
Majority”
NNeew w LLeefftt
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VViieettnnaam m WWaarr
AAnnttii--WWaar r PPrrootteessttss
SSttuuddeennttss ffoorr aa D Deemmooccrraattiic c SSoocciieettyy
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