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After Aquarius dawned: how the revolutions of the sixties became the popular culture of the seventies

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In this work, Judy Kutulas complicates the common view that the 1970s were a time of counterrevolution against the radical activities and attitudes of the previous decade.

Instead, Kutulas argues that the experiences and attitudes that were radical in the 1960s were becoming part of mainstream culture in the 1970s, as sexual freedom, gender equality, and more complex notions of identity, work, and family were normalized through popular culture - television, movies, music, political causes, and the emergence of new communities.

Seemingly mundane things like watching 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', listening to Carole King songs, donning Birkenstock sandals, or reading 'Roots' were actually critical in shaping Americans' perceptions of themselves, their families, and their relation to authority.

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Product Details
1469632934 / 9781469632933
eBook (Adobe Pdf, EPUB)
18/01/2018
English
259 pages
Copy: 20%; print: 20%
Reprint. Previously issued in print: 2017 Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 12, 2017).