The women of Nervous Conditions live in a world still fraught with patriarchy and inequality. It was the way of life in the 60’s‚ in Rhodesia especially. Inequality was a cultural normality‚ a repression of the mind‚ body‚ and spirit from birth. For Tambu‚ a simple poor Rhodesian girl‚ this repression was only revealed to her through a series of events unforeseen and unimaginable to anyone. These events led to a women’s education‚ another woman’s fall‚ and a mother’s growth. And just like everything
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The 60’s was mostly a time of peace but it also seemed like there was never any hope for teens. By today’s standards‚ 60’s teens were less likely to find a good job‚ and that’s mostly because most of them were hippies that dropped out of high school and smoked pot in a VW Bus. However‚ these actions can be justified by the fact hippies often just wanted to live a more peaceful and stress free life than society had to offer them. In the present‚ teens are less rebellious than their hippie counterparts
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continuation of the 60s‚ there were confusion‚ civil disorder‚ and growing violence. Many more Americans aligned themselves with the protesters against the ongoing war in Vietnam. The fight for equality for African Americans‚ Women‚ Native Americans‚ gays and lesbians continued. The criminal actions of President Richard Nixon significantly diminished the American citizen’s abiding faith in their government and political leaders. The multitude of social issues that relentlessly plagued the 60s and automatically
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2. The historical and cultural background The following chapter provides theoretical background concerning the Post War Britain. It gives us some information about the political and cultural state of the country at that time. I started with a brief explanation of its international relations and economic situation. Then I described the effects of Americanisation and consumerism on British culture. Afterwards‚ I focused on the sixties‚ with education‚ sexual revolution and young generation being
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“Eleanor Rigby” and life in 60s The Beatles‚ one of the most famous bands in the world‚ have many great songs. “Eleanor Rigby” is definitely one of them. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney. There are only two characters mentioned in the song‚ and Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie‚ and the entire story happens in the church. Eleanor Rigby picks up rice after a wedding and wearing a face the she “keeps in a jar”. Father McKenzie always writes boring words at his sermon and darns his
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and subsequently‚ the rise in LSD and marijuana use being brought to mind. The hippie did not attempt to alter society with the use of violence‚ but as an alternative‚ tried to revolutionize society by means of peace and love. These international changes in popular culture during the sixties era had significant affects on the illegal drug use patterns in New Zealand‚ influencing the increase in drug related statistics. Hippies had become an established social group by 1965 in the U.S and the movement
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Throughout history there are very few things that have stayed the same. Everything is bound to change at some point. Child labor has changed immensly in the last 150 years. Laws have been into place to restrcit adults from demanding the labor of children in factories. The people who ran these factories tried to portray their bussiness as safe enviorments for children to work in‚ but if child was able to makes it through each day without gettig injured was almost a miracle. The letter explains a
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have a dream today.” (I have a dream speech) The Civil Rights Movement was a very big issue in the 60’s that many people were involved in it. One of the biggest leaders was MLK‚ who delivered the famous “I have a dream..” speech that rallied everyone that was protesting that day. Malcolm X was a leader
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The 1960s was a time of optimism and rebellion‚ but not for everyone. I interviewed my Grandparents Roberta (Copeland) Bradley and James Bradley‚ in order to see the 60s from both a man’s and a woman’s perspective. Before conducting the interview‚ I didn’t know much about the 1960s‚ I knew the bold points like civil rights‚ Cuban missile crisis‚ feminine movement and Vietnam. I learned most of my information through reading the chapters of my history book. Reading the textbook helped me know the
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Q: How has technology changed in the past 10 years? A: The biggest technology change of the last 10 years is the proliferation of the internet into mainstream society. It started with the widespread adoption of email. From that modest foothold‚ the internet grew to become what it is today: the de-facto medium for human communication. Q: Why has it changed? A: The internet is a better mousetrap. Before‚ we had snail mail‚ telephones‚ newspapers‚ encyclopedias‚ libraries‚ record albums‚ radio
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