The 70's Culture

the 1970s was not just an era of day glow trousers, lava lamps, and the emergence of punk rock. it was a traumatic economic decade of stagflation, a three day week and the return of unemployment. yet despite some headline grabbing crisis, it was a decade of rising living standards, the growth of credit and rising of property prices. consumers in the 70s paid less for television, cellular devices, and houses compared to what the average consumer pays today.

The Sixties were an exciting revolutionary period with great cultural change. Some people called it the “decade of discontent” (Britannica) due to the race riots in Detroit and La, and the demonstrations against the Vietnam War. Other people called it the decade of “peace, love, and harmony” (Woodstock 69). This decade was identified as such as a result of the peace movement and the emergence of the flower children. (Britannica) The sixties were about assassination, unforgettable fashion, new styles of music, civil rights, gay and women’s liberation, Vietnam, Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, peace marches, sexual freedom, drug experimentation, and Woodstock. All of these components caused a revolutionary change in the

One of the most well-known things about the sixties is its music. Bands in the sixties started to break the conservative boundaries by talking about drugs and sex in their music; the drugs and sex revolution in this music also

Living in the 70s was in the midst of a unique culture. Theatres in the 1970s were very popular as various people rushed to theaters to watch plays and movies. This was also the era in which many owned bizarre items such as pet rocks, mood rings, bean bag chairs, and more. “Have a nice day!” became a slogan that earmarked the 70’s,and was almost always accompanied with the notorious smiley face icon. Sickening sweet happy faces were plastered everywhere; they were spray painted on the side of buildings and even worn on bandanas and t-shirts. Another distinct culture featured in the 70’s was the fashion. Fashion fads in the 70’s took off like rockets. Clothing styles such as shirts with colorful geometric shapes and bell-bottoms emerged. The rise of disco also played a big role during this time. In contrast to males in today’s society, some men in the 1970’s wore shoes with giant heels. Culture proved to play a big role in the 70’s and profoundly affected the civilization’s view upon The American Dream.

The 80 's was an eye opener to a lot of new things, new music, new styles, new points of view on life and new technology. Music was a big hit for the 80 's and so was the technology. A home, family, job and fun was basically what everyone needed to live ahappy life. In the 80 's, people saw the American dream, as a simple task of success andthose years defined them. They were the generation in between differences and facing disagreement andnot turning our backs. The 80 's may have made them idealistic, but it 's idealism that will push themand be passed on to their children, the first children of the twenty-first century.

The 1970's was a continuation of the 1960's and had many historical events that changed the world. There was new freedom for women, homosexuals, Native Americans, the elderly, the handicapped, and other minorities (The 1970s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview). Many tragedies happened in the 1970's like: the Beatles broke up, Elvis Presley's death, JFK's assassination, Martin Luther King’s assassination, Robert F. Kennedy's assassination and many more tragedies. Many good things also happened during this decade. It was the year known as the hippie years and the disco fever years. It was the year congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) for women which changed the image of the world because women were free from the 70's and so

That 70s Show was a popular sitcom that first aired in the 90’s on FOX TV. It captured the lives of six friends going against societies assumptions by making impulsive decisions while handling their own lives, as well as their extremely Americanized families. Through an ideological perspective, the show reflects societies expectations and the actions that should be taken in order to fit into the 70s lifestyle. In addition, the sitcom overlooked various events that occurred throughout the time period such as technological advances, political movements and social ideologies.

David Farber and Bethy Bailey’s America in the 70’s is a collection from nine authors giving insight on the misunderstood decade. Each author draws heavily on the popular culture in the seventies to illustrate the political and economic transformation. Overshadowed by the 1960s, the seventies are thought to lack passionate champions and struggled in economic transformation. That, with the addition of the defeat in Vietnam, the loss in faith of the president after three failed presidencies and race and gender issues helped camouflage this decade. Americans had “uncertainty about the meaning of happiness, success, patriotism and national identity” (pg. 2).

The 60s were a point when it was normal for teens and young adults to leave home and start their lives elsewhere, whether or not it was with the hippie movement. It was also when there was a good amount of civil rights activities were going on and the Black Panthers came on the scene.

As a reflection of the sixties and seventies, Dazed and Confused itself is a representation of the experience that many teenagers had during this time period. In the specific scene that this artifact covers, is the carefree spirit that is so commonly associated with the people of this time when looking back today. This mentality can be attributed to a couple of crucial factors. Incidents such as the anti-war protests led to the start of the Hippie Movement, introducing one of the major icons of the decade, the hippie that revolted against events such as the Vietnam War. During this period, the hippie countered what they felt were deceitful actions in the United States government, forcing those of their own population into

The seventies is often seen as a lost decade, merged between the optimistic sixties and the opportunistic eighties. Bruce J. Schulman argues, in his book titled, “The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture”, that this period ignores changes brought by the 1970s. This period brought changes in the economy, shifts in culture, politics, race, family and religious values. The United States faced many transformations that helped shape our country to this day. Schulman begins to explain his thesis, “The Seventies transformed American economic and cultural life as much as, if not more than, the revolutions in manners and morals of the 1920s and the 1960s.” The information that I will present will summarize the changes that affected the United

The 1980’s brought about many ionic changes and extreme developments of its time to our nation through economics, politics, and socialism. Not one decade in our era has shown more change through socially explicit controversy than the years of the 80’s. Due in part to Rap Music, fashion trends, and AIDS, the 80’s dominates because of the many conflicting issues that no one wanted to discuss but were brought to the forefront of everyday life. Through these realistic and difficult controversies, the 80’s became one of the best decades of our era that we will ever experience.

The 1970s can be best understood as a transitional period in America. Starting in the 1950s, the power of the youth was on the rise, through civil rights activism and anti-war protests. This decade’s ideal citizen seemed to be the person helping others. Then the 1980s are more financially centered and individualistic. This decade’s ideal citizen is the one who measured success by how much money they made. The 1970s proved to be a time of bitterness, cynicism, and increased interest in one’s self for most of the people in America. Some of the events that contributed to this were the Kent State Massacre, Roe v. Wade, and the economic stagflation that happened in the latter part of the decade.

“Despite the economic uncertainty, riots and struggles, for us in the U.S. at least, the ’70s are considered a time of freedom, both creatively and sexually. I think there is a desire to go back to that,” said Patricia Mears,

     The era was full of alcohol, drugs, dancing, and of course sex. At this point in time people smoked pot and drank and that's about it. All of the sudden this white powdery substance burst upon the scene. It was cocaine, straight from Columbia. Cocaine exploded on the scene and there was no looking back for many people. Cocaine was accepted by actors and musicians and soon accepted by everyone else. Everyone was doing Cocaine without a second thought. Cocaine was a new drug and no one knew the bad side effects of it. It made people feel as though they were invincible and they could party all night long and it did. Cocaine of the 70's can sort of be compared to Ecstasy of the 90's in the fact that everyone was doing Cocaine because no one knew of the horrible side effects that will occur to the body of an addict. Sex also burst upon the scene with a fury. Sex wasn't seen in the same way anymore. People were having sex with anyone and everyone without a thought of remorse. It went from being very hidden and not talked about in society to being everywhere that one looked. Fashion had a lot to do with that. Women were wearing tight jeans and skimpy shirts along with go-go boots. I believe that fashion played a huge role in the way that sex began to be accepted. Unfortunately,