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*Saturday Night Fever
and 70's representation |
Representative of disco and economic downturn on 1970's and difficulty of living in this decade
Ethnic revival and culture: John Travolta asks boss for advance for new disco shirt, goes home and sees tensions with putting food on table and gender roles "Life's going nowhere, somebody help..." Song representative of the time, but most remember it as all about dancing and having a good time 70's representation bad clothes, hair, music Historians show 70's as a decade to set up many trends that will reshape rest of the 20th century 70's considered important due to transformations in race relations, religion, family life, politics, and pop culture |
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*Devolution
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Privatizing and lack of trust in government
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*Sunbelt
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The old south, the southwest, arizona, California
More conservative (nixon |
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*Battle of the Sexes
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Billy jean king female tennis player and guy bobix (aging tennis player) angry at womens increasing visibility in society
She beat him. this was a holy moment for masculinity. |
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*Consciousness raising
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Personal is political
Women get together in separate female grouping and talk about issues affecting their lives -Idea that personal is political: Who does dishes, who takes care of the kids, what does it take to be succesful -Women working together to achieve success Co-optation (narcissism as liberation) |
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*Southern Strategy
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South and southwest embodied new attitudes about race, taxation, defense, government spending, and social mores
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*Joe (1970)
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Points to anger among working class whites- part of silent majority
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*Watergate
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Diminished Nixon reputation
Attempt to break into DNC headquarters at watergate to bug phones Pointed to corruption CREEP-faked rallies to popularize government Cover-ups and fired those who disagreed |
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Talk about the 70's
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Family life is changing
divorce rates politically everyone shifts toward the rights after rebellion of 60's 70's is one of the most important times in american culture |
