Changes In Youth Culture Flashcards
Describe the development of the 1950s teenager.
> teenagers had more money and free time than ever before
> many seemed to want to rebel, especially against whatever their parents believed in
> some wore distinctive clothing, joined gangs, cruised in cars drank heavily and destroyed property
> some became beatniks- dropped out of conventional society
What were the influences to the 1950s teenager?
> 1950s writers who critiqued the cosy values of american suburbia such as J.D Salinger with his 1956 novel Catcher in the Rye
> youth films influenced such as Rebel Without a Cause, making James Dean a cult following
-anti heroes
> development of rock and roll have teenagers their own brand of music
- 1956 Elvis Presley came to dominate the pop music scene with Hound Dog and Heartbreak hotel breaking all sales records
> became heroes to a new youth culture
- parents disapproved because of energetic dancing and upfront sexuality
What were beatniks?
Anti-conformist youths of the 1950s
Describe the hippy movement.
During the 1960s many young people rejected their parent’s lifestyles and values
> some people dropped out of conventional society and became hippies
- wore ethnic clothing and long hair
- engaged in free love and took LSD and marijuana recreationally
> opposed the Vietnam war and wore flowers in their hair as a sign of peace
-‘ make love not war’ became a popular slogan
> height of hippy movement was the August 1969 Woodstock rock concert attended by 500,000 hippies
- bands such as the Grateful Dead and the Doors exerted a powerful influence
Describe the changes in music in America.
> 1920s and 30s Jazz and country music were popular- new dances emerged such as the ‘black bottom’
> 1940s musicals were popular especially Rogers and Hammerstein
-Oklahoma
> 1950s saw the emergence of rock and roll
- Elvis Presley became a hero to many young Americans
> 1960s bands such as beach boys were similar to today’s boy bands
- folk singers such as Bob Dylan protested the draft and Vietnam war
> 1970s saw the emergence of Disco with artists such as Donna Summer and Jackson 5
> hip hop and rap came from the 1970s disco
- product of inner City problem areas with high unemployment in young black Americans
> 1990s artists such as Jay-Z Ice-T and Will Smith achieved great success
What were the key features of the student protest movement?
> influence of the swinging 60s
- students demanded greater freedom in what did : music, clothes and social life
> influence of protest singers
- musicians such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan sung about sex,drugs and opposition to the Vietnam War
> campaign for civil rights
- students black and white took part in freedom rides and marches and sit-ins
> anti war protest
- many protested against draft system
- reached its peak 1968-70: 1969 700,000 marched on Washington to protest the draft system and burned their draft cards and the American flag
- Kent state university may 1969 4 students were killed by the National Guardsmen
> the SDS
- was the first student protest movement
- Students for a democratic society
- campaigned for more of a say on how courses and universities should be run
