ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Flower Child, Folk Rock, Peace Symbols
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50s set the stage for the first transgressive, subversive youth culture (counterculture) Taking rock and roll -> build on it. Discuss misogyny, racism, etc. and put it in songs. Music and lsd drove the era; sex, drugs, rock and roll. Peace symbol: breaking the rules of traditional romance. Life = in communes; love can be shared not just personalized into romantic love. New culture emerging that was completely different from the mainstream. Siddhartha: hesse (sanctioned by frankfurt school loved counterculture) Idea of spiritual journey emerges never going to end/way of life. Hardest thing to dispel is a belief (comes from images, slogans, etc. ) 1967: sergeant pepper"s lonely hearts band beatles. First true artwork of the rock and roll era. Continued to be called rock and roll but it was different counterculture movement. Hippies: flower children (symbol of the flower: carry it as weapons) Pop art from before; pop artists jumped into the movement (i. e. warhol designed the cover for.
