counterculture

Examples of counterculture in the following topics:

• Counterculture

  • The American Counterculture refers to the period between 1964-1972 when the norms of the 1950s were largely rejected by youth.
  • Hippies became the largest countercultural group in the United States.
  • The counterculture movement divided the country.
  • Ultimately, the counterculture collapsed on its own around 1973.
  • The peace sign became a major symbol of the counterculture of the 1960s.

• Countercultures

  • Counterculture is a term describing the values and norms of a cultural group that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day.
  • Counterculture can also describe a group whose behavior deviates from the societal norm.
  • Hippies became the largest countercultural group in the United States.
  • The counterculture also had access to a media eager to present their concerns to a wider public.
  • Apply the concept of counterculture to the rise and collapse of the US Hippie movement

• Subcultures & Countercultures

  • A counterculture is a subculture with the addition that some of its beliefs, values, or norms challenge or even contradict those of the main culture of which it is part.
  • Examples of countercultures in the U.S. could include: the hippie movement of the 1960s, the green movement, polygamists, feminist groups, BDSM Communities, and LGBTQ communities.
  • The woman and children in this photo are members of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (or FLDS), which advocates the practice polygamy, making members part of a countercultural group (polygamy is illegal in the United States).

• Art and Music

  • Forms of art and music in the 1960s, ranging from rock and roll to psychedelic art, reflected the characteristics of the counterculture movement.
  • Meanwhile in the United States, bands that exemplified the counterculture were becoming mainstream commercial successes.
  • The 1960s was an era of rock festivals, which played an important role in spreading the counterculture across America.
  • As with film, press, and music, art in the 1960s responded to the new counterculture, primarily in pop art and psychedelic art.
  • The crowd and stage at Woodstock, one of the most important music festivals of the 1960s counterculture.

• Youth Culture and Delinquency

  • Youth culture during the 1960s counterculture was characterized by the Summer of Love and the casual use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs.
  • The Summer of Love became a defining moment in the 1960s as the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness.
  • This aspect of the counterculture rejected active political engagement with the mainstream; following the dictate of a Harvard LSD proponent, Dr.
  • Experimentation with LSD, Peyote, psilocybin mushrooms, MDA, marijuana, and other psychedelic drugs became a major component of 1960s counterculture, influencing philosophy, art, music, and styles of dress.
  • Examine the role of drug use in the counterculture of the 1960s

• Theatre and Novels

  • The counterculture of the 1960s gave rise to new forms of media such as underground newspapers, literature, theater, and cinema.
  • In the U.S., the term "underground newspaper" generally refers to an independent newspaper focusing on unpopular themes or counterculture issues.
  • "Hair" is often said to be a product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the 1960s.
  • Like newspapers, literature, and theatre, the cinema of the time also reflected the attributes of the counterculture.
  • Examine the expression of countercultural values in media such as newspapers and theater

• Student Subcultures

  • Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.

• Urban Neighborhoods

  • Greenwich Village is an example of a famous neighborhood in New York City known broadly for countercultural and artistic activities.

• Gay and Lesbian Rights

  • Combined with the sexual revolution and the feminist movement of the 1960s, the counterculture helped establish a climate that fostered the struggle for gay and lesbian rights.
  • With a call for gay men and women to “come out”—a consciousness-raising campaign that shared many principles with the counterculture—gay and lesbian communities moved from the urban underground into the political sphere.

• The Beats

  • The 1950s Beat movement beliefs and ideologies metamorphosed into the counterculture of the 1960s, accompanied by a shift in terminology from beatnik to hippie.