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    Television in the fifties and sixties depicted the ideal life for families in America. This life however was far from what most actual families endured. “Our most powerful visions of traditional families derive from images that are still delivered to our homes in countless reruns of 1950s television sit-coms” (Cootz 1992) . Leave it to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show were the pinnacle of television sit-coms of the time. They both had the stereotypical all American family with hardworking…

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    The 1960s for the United States, a decade of controversy, drew this picture in the sense that the events that sequenced took place on the world stage of the political spectrum. Despite the validity to this, domesticity faced conflict as well, with the emergence of rebels known as the hippies. On the face of this movement were riots and protests to argue for the ideas that followed their mindset, but on the other hand, the scene of consuming drugs, and the facet of being relaxed and ignorant of…

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    Some people would love to have the chance to live in the 1960s, would you? If you do, you could fight against a problem without getting shot or bombed. You could also listen to the songs that morphed the future of music and what we watch and wear. The most important reason the 60s was a better time to live in, is because you felt and were safe. Some people believe the 60s was a violent time because people fought in Civil Rights Movement. Regardless, I know the 60s were a peaceful time where you…

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    The 1960s was a defining era in which America strived for social change: blacks gained acknowledgment through the civil rights movement, women experienced a new sense of feminism, and young individuals rebelled in search of self-identity and freedom (Wells, "John Updike 's `A&P ': A Return To Araby"). America’s highly acclaimed literary author, John Updike published his short story, A&P, to show his point of view of this time period—particularly focused on the younger generation. Through the…

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    The Negativeness of Culture and Counterculture in the Sixties: Conventionalism vs. Bohemianism in Didion and Shepard’s Ideology The 1960s is a period when new cultural forms arise; it is a time when the traditional roles of women were reevaluated; it is “an era in which the ego ran wild, and the young had a craving for altered states.” As many young people were dissatisfied with the conventionalism — the mainstream American culture after post-World War II, the counterculture emerged in the…

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    proposals against dominant society's values. Through this context, it became possible to dream and see the emergence of feminism and civilian movements in favor of blacks and homosexuals set the tone for claims in the following decades. The economy in the 1960s was characterized by the global slowdown and the end of the golden years of capitalism. However, when…

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    America has a long standing tradition of constantly evolving their ideal beauty standards. For example, there was a gradual shift in the 2000’s when models like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell traded in their stick thin aesthetic for a still thin but athletic curvy figure such as models like Kylie Jenner and Gigi Hadid. The progression of Americas beauty has a global presence that affects many nations. In the beginning of the United States existence their standards of beauty were similar to much…

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    While reading President Richard Nixon’s first inaugural speech, I could visualize all men working together towards a common goal of peace. Nixon voiced his desire for the American people just as the presidents did before him, we want peace and equality for all mankind; black and whites working together, to create a habitat of freedom throughout the world, peace at home and equality for all men black and white alike, working together dominating none. At the age of nine years old we moved from…

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    Changes And Continuities In Post World War 2 America Especially during the time period of 1945-1961, there was an abundance of changes throughout the country, especially social changes. New ideas were blossoming, more and more people were leaving the traditional ideals of America and being more rebellious, fighting for civil rights and doing other liberal-centered stereotypes, like listening to rock music and writing or making art depicting what they felt was a boring, simple country. On the…

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    Austin Garner Mrs. Anna Short English I Honors 04 May 2018 Culture of the 1950’s “In American memory, the post war 1950’s have acquired an idyllic luster” (“53. The 1950’s: Happy Days”). We see the decade as a simpler time but this is not completely accurate. The was a time when African Americans fought for their rights, and women fought to have the roles in society that they wanted. While both these movement were occuring, slang terminology was being used to define the culture of the decade.…

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