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Title: Evan Wood, Dylan Colaneri, Zach Barrish, Tommy Perini, Timmy Lambert


1
The Counterculture
  • Evan Wood, Dylan Colaneri, Zach Barrish, Tommy
    Perini, Timmy Lambert

2
Causes of the Counterculture
  • Many Americans, primarily young, lost faith in
    the sanctity of the American system
  • The youth and the public at large were looking
    for new ways to assert their individuality and
    independence.
  • There was a general feeling that the platitudes
    of Americanism were horseshit.
    Joseph Heller
  • Sexual norms changed as the pill alleviated the
    fear of pregnancy.
  • William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
    published Human Sexual Response, which describes
    the responses that men and women could
    experience.
  • Art by artists such as Andy Warhol reflected the
    urge to innovate.
  • Drug use of LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs at
    universities spread (Timothy Leary), and veterans
    of Vietnam were experienced with drugs.

3
Cultural Influences in the Counterculture
4
Drug Influences
5
Drug Influences
  • LSD
  • Tim Leary did experiments on undergrads
  • Tune in, turn on, drop out.
  • Merry Pranksters
  • Converted school bus painted in psychedelic
    Day-Glo paints, filled is Orange Juice and Acid
  • Middle-Class College Students took tabs
  • Cocaine
  • Young professionals began experimenting.
  • Marijuana --gt MOST POPULAR
  • joints of grass were passed around at High
    Schools
  • Compared to Beer of past generations

6
Goals of the Counterculture
  • A common goal of the counterculture in America
    was to separate themselves from the typical
    suburban culture. They wanted to break way from
    the status quo that was set after the War had
    ended.
  • By questioning authority figures and the federal
    government, they tried to find a greater truth
    and meaning in life.
  • The culture's spiritual quest was for inner
    peace, through raised consciousness, and unity
    with everyone.
  • Global harmony

7
Achievements
  • Literature such as D.H. Lawrence's Lady
    Chatterleys Lover, once considered to be
    obscene, could not longer be banned.
  • Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
  • Nudity became more common on screen and stage.
    (Hair)
  • Op painting
  • Sharply defined geometric figures in clear
    vibrant colors.
  • Pop painting
  • Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jasper Johns
  • Made ironic comments on American Materialism and
    taste with their representation of everyday
    objects
  • Used spray guns and fluorescent paints to gain
    effect
  • Some seemed like giant newspaper photographs

8
Op Pop
9
Counterculture
10
Strategies for Achieving Counterculture Goals
  • Hippies wanted to affirmed their individuality
    and independence from traditional American norms
    by men letting their hair grow and sprouting
    beards both men and women wore jeans, muslin
    shirts, and other untraditional clothing
  • Stressing spontaneity, some members of the
    Counterculture movement rejected traditional
    marriage customs and gravitated to communal
    living
  • Women took oral contraceptives which opened the
    door to free sexual experimentation
  • To free the mind many used hallucinogenic drugs
  • New music preached the same ideals as these
    cultural changes

11
The Development of the Counterculture
  • Although the hippie movement died out by the late
    1970s, many aspects of their culture and goals
    continued.
  • -The music of the counterculture has a large fan
    base, even today, and the style of music has
    influenced many popular genres of music.
  • -Their hope for peace was represented in anti-war
    demonstrations
  • -Their deviation from societal norms and unusual
    dress is also affluent in the British punk
    movement during the 70s and 80s

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