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U-M AMCULT 208 - Women and the Transition
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Amcult 208 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I. Women and the BeatsOutline of Current Lecture II. Women and Beats continuedIII. Transition to HippiesIV. Folk musicCurrent LectureWomen were placed in a peripheral status on all fronts:- Mainstream said they should be docile, safe partners- Beat males were really only interested in women “part time” and didn’t consider them equalsBut his dual marginal status allowed the women certain luxuries that would support the men, andin some instances, transcend them- Their peripheral status allowed them the time to pursue, in greater depth, intellectual pursuits like art, Buddhism and literature- They were more often than not the bread winners- Had the opportunity given their time isolated from the adventures of the males, to start small presseso Yugen, for instance, was one of the most important of the early independent magazines, Hettie Jones started in her kitchenRecent feminist critics argue that women were forced into the role of minor characters as the hapless victims of male chauvinismWhat did the male Beats stand for?- They targeted discrimination against homosexuals, African-Americans (only through their idealization of them), and against destructive effects of capitalism and consumerismo Did not give much of their championing of rights to womenHowever, although not achieving the same notoriety as men, they certainly were present in the Beat community.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Probably more “beat” than men, were the “primary” support of the males, does this validate their existence within the movement?- Or do we have to look at the role of women in the Beat generation as a cultural failure of the male Beats?o YesBeats in TransitionBeatific, Socially Conscious, Kamikaze- Hippies; Angry- student activists; Down- punksCommodification of subcultures by mainstream: Beat scene becomes stereotyped- Becomes “beatnik” came from Soviet Union’s Sputnik and the Yiddish term “nudnik” meaning a pest- Beats became caricatures of themselves and turned into humorous figuresPost War Context: with men coming home from the war, and women losing their jobs and being relegated to the house, the Procreation ethic came into American cultureA) It is preferable to marry than to be single. If you were single you had to explain whyB) It is preferable to be a parent. A couple that did not have children and had to explain why they didn’t have kidsC) It is preferable to have more than one child. If you only have one child you have to explain why.From 1945-1946, birth rate jumped 19%...- 1/3 of our population was born between 1946 and 1964Early television: live and experimental, smart (sunrise semester, meet the author, face to face, playhouse 90, omnibus), created the idea of the medium being the message, began to destroy the alphabetTelevision = great equalizer. Don’t need education, all you have to do is watch itBeatles all you need is love performance: first live world wide performance The electric guitar: changed not only music but the way we look at performance- it was loudThe Transistor Radio: small, portable, cheap, privateRecording Tape: everyone can record themselvesSpaceshipsThe Pill: women have control over their own bodies, no fear of unwanted preganancyPenicillin: got rid of the fear of disease, especially venereal diseasePolitical Context and Hypocrisy:- Civil Rights: “with liberty and justice for all” but every night we watched Blacks being beaten and killed, chased by police dogs, having fire hoses turned on them and persecutedo But every day we watched as women were deprived equal opportunities and we turned into sex objects- War: we saw a war beginning that no one understand, first generation to grow up with a full understanding of the bombThe cultural context:- rock and roll: ultimate merging of black and white music- youth fashion- psychedelicsYou may think you are having a good trip, but trust me, you're not- 400-600 micograms of pure LSD- today’s normal dose is 25They went to college, but no one worried about getting a job.- Went to college to find themselves and to learn about art and philosophy- Didn’t go to college to find a jobFind yourself, playPlay in the mid 60s: playing in a rock and roll band, having lots of sex, experimenting with psychedelic drugs- Were played with more than they should have been, ended up hurting a lot of peopleNew Tribal Elders: Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Ken KeseyLSD: was territory that was really new, Augustus Owsley Stanley III became the first private individual to manufacture mass quantities of LSD (which was still legal)Folkies: adjacent to, and possibly a subset of the hippies, were the folkies. These were the bohemian fringe of the folk music scene.Folkies saw folk music as a way of life, not as a vehicle for protest to be influenced by the British


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