The sixties : cultural revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, c. 1958-c. 1974 / Arthur Marwick.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: xix, 903 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0192881000
  • 9780192881007
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.55
LOC classification:
  • CB 425 M391s 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction. Was there a cultural revolution c. 1958-c. 1974? ; If so, why? The first stirrings of a cultural revolution, 1958-1963. New actors, new activities ; Art, morality, and social relations ; Race The high sixties, 1964-1969. Acts of God and acts of government ; 'Pushing paradigms to their utmost limits' or 'creative extremism' : structuralism, conceptualism, and indeterminacy ; Affluence, poverty, permissiveness ; Beauty, booze, and the built environment ; National and other identities ; Freedom, turbulence, and death ; 1968 (and 1969) Everything goes, and catching up, 1969-1974. Women's turn ; Full effrontery ; Living life to the full Conclusion. The consummation of a cultural revolution
Summary: The sixties arouses strong emotions in those who were old when they began and those who weren't even born when they ended. This text explores the significance of the era, analyzing phenomena such as youth culture, feminism and sexual permissiveness.
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Originally published: 1998

Includes bibliographical references (p. [859]-871) and index.

Introduction. Was there a cultural revolution c. 1958-c. 1974? ; If so, why?
The first stirrings of a cultural revolution, 1958-1963. New actors, new activities ; Art, morality, and social relations ; Race
The high sixties, 1964-1969. Acts of God and acts of government ; 'Pushing paradigms to their utmost limits' or 'creative extremism' : structuralism, conceptualism, and indeterminacy ; Affluence, poverty, permissiveness ; Beauty, booze, and the built environment ; National and other identities ; Freedom, turbulence, and death ; 1968 (and 1969)
Everything goes, and catching up, 1969-1974. Women's turn ; Full effrontery ; Living life to the full
Conclusion. The consummation of a cultural revolution

The sixties arouses strong emotions in those who were old when they began and those who weren't even born when they ended. This text explores the significance of the era, analyzing phenomena such as youth culture, feminism and sexual permissiveness.

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