Counterculture of the 1960s

WWI under the World War Adjusted Compensation Act. Faced with the harsh reality during the Great Depression, these WWI veterans desperately needed their money and resorted to a protest. A second example is during the Vietnam War when the counterculture of the 1960s began. Many Americans were responding to the war effort with anti-war attitudes and even musicians, such as Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Bob Dylan, were writing music portraying an anti-war attitude as…

For my Final Major Project, I have chosen to look at the theme 'Outcasts'. This is because of the broad range of themes, historical events and movements that can be linked to this. Outcasts can also include subcultures as they act as a form of counterculture against the mainstream society making those who choose to be a part of it an outcast. Typically, 'outcast' is a term used for someone or a group of people who have been ostracised from mainstream society. This links to prejudice towards…

"Think for yourself and question authority," said Timothy Leary, a Harvard lecturer and advocate for LSD. The 1960s became a turning point in history because of this mentality; people believed it was time to be vocal about their views and ideas. Prior to this decade, the nation was conservative in voicing their opinions, but then again, this era changed it all. Weather it was the women and African Americans who fought against the injustices they dealt with daily, or those who were fed up by the…

After the victory of World War 2 with the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, America lived in constant fear, especially children in schools. A film was shown to all students demonstrating survival techniques on a nuclear attack, and the image of little johnny showed how a nuclear attack can occur at any moment, thus giving them nightmares.(Cnn Duck and Cover).Living daily life with the fear of nuclear attacks isn’t a “happy” life since fear is a negative connotation. Happy days falls on the…

attire as shown in the Norman Rockwell’s “Rosie the Riveter” painting, scrutinizing women for acting and looking like men. Though French designer, Paul Poiret’s, Harem Pants grazed the cover of vogue in 1913, it wasn’t until second wave feminism in the 1960’s and 1970’s that designer jeans made a huge impact in fashion. Still, women’s pants remained…

average American was older than in the sixties and more likely to live in the traditional bastions of the…conservative cause (which) drew strength from the emergence of a “New Right” movement, partly in response to counter-cultural protests of the 1960s” (Aboukhadijeh). This New Right gave the country a renewed focus on conservative-wing politics and traditional Christian values, and eventually resulted in another subculture: the Preppies, a term derived from the uniforms found at exclusive East…

1776. The Declaration of Independence was written stating that “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” were to be given to American citizens. From this point in history, the United States became an established country and from this creation came an ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. This is the origin story of the American Dream.…

I remember jokingly telling my roommates, “I am taking a drugs class,” when we discussed what classes we were taking for the semester. We joked about what I would learn, and then it was time to submit my first essay for this class and go to sleep. I remember that I wrote that I believe that some drugs can be useful if used properly and in moderation. My beliefs still have not changed. Lester Grinspoon also agrees, he even states three reasons why medical marijuana is useful which are as follow:…

During the 60’s African Americans were faced with hardships unlike no other, having to deal with racism, educational disparities, and segregation during the Jim Crowe era of the deep south. Fixing to fight the status quo of the segregationist American south, African American students from historically Black Institutions had demonstrated that education should “serve as a tool to enlighten a people relative to their civil rights and social justice.” With African Americans leaders of the time…

The Nacirema is a “tribe” in North America. The ethnographic analysis describing the rituals of the Nacirema was written by Horace Miner and actually describes American culture in the 1950s. The article illustrates how anthropologists view and describe other cultures. By turning the analysis on our very own culture, we see how language can influence the reader’s perception of that culture. For example, Miner uses words such as “ritual” “ceremony” and “religious” to describe ordinary activities.…