IntroductiontoWesternCultureCountercultureInthisclasswewilllookatthisthing‘counterculture’andwhatitmeans.CountercultureisaninterestingpartofWesternCulture,andoneyouprobablydon’tknowabout.CountercultureismadeoftwodifferentwordsCounter–countermeansopposing.Socounterculturemeanssomethingtodowithanopposingculture.Welookatthe‘Hippy’movementinthe60sand70s.Actually,theromanticmovementwehavealreadylookedatisanexampleofcounterculture.TheromanticmovementwasaresponsetotheindustrialrevolutionInthesameway,thesecounterculturalmovementswewilllookatareallreactionstopartsofsociety.CountercultureItisasociologicalterm.Describesvaluesandnormsofaculturalgroup,thatruncountertothoseofthemainstream.Itistheculturalequivalentofpolitical

opposition.Countercultureofcourseexistsallthetimeinmanysocieties.Herewemeanaverysignificant,visibleeventthatislargeandcontinuesforaperiodoftime.Thetermwasfirstusedinthenewsmediaduringthe1960sand1970s.1960sand1970s–‘Hippymovement’TheHippymovementwaslargelyaresponsetomainstream1950sculture.RacialSegregation1960sand1970s–‘Hippymovement’TheHippymovementwaslargelyaresponsetomainstream1950sculture.RacialSegregationTheVietnamwar1960sand1970s–‘Hippymovement’TheHippymovementwaslargelyaresponsetomainstream1950sculture.RacialSegregationWidespreadsupportoftheVietnamwarTheHippymovementinvolvedmanymorethingsthough.SexualityWomen'srightsAuthorityConsumerismandmaterialismHippiesComesfromtheword‘Hip’whichmeantcool.HippieshadseveraldefiningfeaturesDressingverydifferentlyfrommostpeopleatthattime.HippiesComesfromtheword‘Hip’whichmeantcool.HippieshadseveraldefiningfeaturesDressingverydifferentlyfrommostpeopleatthattime.Emphasisonpeace,loveandsexualfreedom.HippiesComesfromtheword‘Hip’whichmeantcool.Hippieshadseveraldefiningfeatures:Dressingverydifferentlyfrommostpeopleatthattime.Emphasisonpeace,loveandsexualfreedom.Useofdrugs,particularlycannabis,LSDandpsychotropicmushrooms.HippiesComesfromtheword‘Hip’whichmeantcool.Hippieshadseveraldefiningfeatures:Dressingverydifferentlyfrommostpeopleatthattime.Emphasisonpeace,loveandsexualfreedom.Useofdrugs,particularlycannabis,LSDandpsychotropicmushrooms.ThemovementcametoanendinlargepartbecauseofTheendoftheVietnamwarIncreasedcivilrightsforblackpeopleAworldwideprohibitionofdrugusein1971Itwasanimportantmovementthatisstillpracticedtoday!Fortherestoftodaysclass…TheHippiemovementwasverypositiveinsomeways,butalsoledtosomepeoplewhodidnotbelieveinthemovementasmuchastheydidthedrugs.WearegoingtowatchsomeofthemovieFearandLoathinginLas