The 1960s-1970s‚ the Peace Movement‚ the Hippie Movement‚ the Antiwar Movement‚ the Protest Movement‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ the Postmodern and Contemporary period; These names‚ periods‚ epochs‚ eras‚ and movements all have different meanings‚ however they refer to the same time in history and the emotions related to it. For these purposes it will simply be called the Postmodern and Contemporary period in the United States. This epoch was one of peace‚ individualism‚ spiritualism‚ unity‚ change
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institutionalized cultural capital‚ & cultural anchors. Subcultures –groups that share in certain parts of the mainstream culture but have distinctive values‚ norms‚ beliefs‚ symbols‚ language‚ or material cultural that set them apart in some way Countercultures –challenge the mainstream culture that surrounds them Communitarian utopians‚ mystics‚ radical activists Ethnocentrism –point of view which people use their home culture as the standard for judging the worth of another cultures ways. Culture
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in Ten Minutes‚ by Stephen King‚ the reader is advised on a variety of writing topics. Hughes‚ a product of segregation and racism‚ uses biting humor and sarcasm to rail against bad writing‚ whereas King‚ a former teacher and a product of the counterculture movement‚ uses folksy charm to instruct us. King cleverly prefaces his advice with a self-effacing story about learning to write in his sophomore year of High School. In essence‚ he says that if he could do it‚ then so can we‚
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The theme of deeply ingrained values is also present in A Nightmare on Elm Street (Shaye & Craven‚ 1984). A group of teens‚ led by Nancy Thompson‚ the female virgin‚ slowly discover the horrific events that unfolded years before in their town. Freddie Krueger‚ the infamous clawed teen slayer‚ taunts his victims in their dreams before gruesomely killing them. 7 Matthew Vizzi Film Analysis Paper Post-Modern Horror 8 CMS300 - The Art and History of Film The characteristics of Nancy and her friends mirror
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The time period in which the history of Woodstock was told alters how it was told. As it was told closer to the hippie era‚ the 1960s to the early 1970s it focused mainly on the positive outcomes it had for the hippie counterculture. They did this because the Vietnam War was still going on and they wanted to promote peace and this gave them the perfect example of peace. The history of Woodstock told closer to today’s time focuses on the same things but also points out that
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Behavioral Drugs‚ and Other Parent Substitutes by addressing the parental agenda on adolescent popular music and its degradation. She implies that the argument is ironic‚ stating that the parents of today’s teens are of the baby-boom generation where counterculture served as no stranger. But Eberstadt agrees with the parents. She too believes the popular music of today is much darker than that of the baby boom‚ comparing themes of misogyny‚ sexual exploitation‚ and violence to the trends of past generations
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. The rise of intolerant or unsavory political activity was paralleled with an advancement of the Counterculture movement. These two lines rise until they peak in August 1969‚ when the government started to react more harshly to any dissent among its citizens with an equal increase in the protest action of the hippies” (Freccia). With every rise of action that the government had‚ the counterculture made even with. Eventually‚ getting to the worst it was going to be‚ and then it all began to
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classified LSD as an Investigational New Drug‚ which meant new restrictions on medical and scientific use.[ Several figures‚ including Aldous Huxley‚ Timothy Leary‚ and Al Hubbard‚ began to advocate the consumption of LSD. LSD became central to the counterculture of the 1960s. On October 24‚ 1968‚ possession of LSD was made illegal in the United States. The last FDA approved study of LSD in patients ended in 1980‚ while a study in healthy volunteers was made in the late 1980s. Legally approved and regulated
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the Sierra Club and National Geographic Society eventually published less expensive versions that appealed to a wider‚ less affluent and younger audience. This was also an opportunity to expand their base‚ particularly to the youth movement and counterculture. Purchase of their books‚ calendars‚ posters and visually appealing magazines provided Americans a way to passively show support for conservation reform. Both the Sierra Club and National Geographic Society’s approach to target affluent Americans
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To begin‚ what caused the Vietnam war and why did the United States get involved? In the early 1880’s‚ France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos. This created a colony called French Indochina. However‚ in World War II the Japanese drove the French out of Indochina and occupied Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh‚ a communist leader in Vietnam‚ didn’t want to be controlled by another foreign power. Thus he lead a revolt against the Japanese in 1945. Not soon after
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