The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. The previous decade, the 1960s, had been prosperous and commercial, the years of the mini-skirt, which was invented in 1959, for example. We remember also the 1980s as the decade of gigantic hair, shoulder-pads, the Filofax and the home computer. In the popular imagination the 1970s was not just the decade of the Space Hopper, the Ford Cortina, Raleigh Chopper bikes, the record player and cassette record but it was mostly a traumatic economic and political decade of Oil crisis, the three day week, the Winter of Discontent and mass unemployment. The political and economic climate of 1970s in Britain was characterized by these events. The 1970s is often seen as the decade that taste forgot …show more content…
This band was one of the most important and created a massive wave of rebellion especially in UK and U.S.A. The manager of The Sex Pistols was Malcolm McLaren that in 1971 McLaren left the school and opened a boutique shop in Chelsea, London. Initially called “Let It Rock” and then “Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die” and later recalled it “SEX” the store specialized in 1950s "Teddy boy" fashions, Edwardian revival clothes and filled with sadomasochistic and pornographic references as well as clothes made with leather and rubber. McLaren realised that a new protest-style was needed for the '70s, and encouraged the punk movement, for which he supplied garments with his girlfriend Vivienne Westwood that would soon shake up British fashion first and secondly all the word. This style expressed the delirium and anarchy of their time. The English Punk style began to gain attention when the Sex Pistols wore clothes from Ms. Westwood and McLarens shop. McLaren was the rebel, the agitator, the provocateur while Ms. Westwood was his muse and model. Westwood realized clothes with McLaren, drawing inspiration from bikers, fetishists and prostitutes. The punk style included bondage wear, pins, blades, lavatory chains on clothing and spiked dog collars for jewelry with strong make-up, haircut and colors. These designs reflected the rebellion and anti
America, from the post-World War period to the 1970s. The post-world War Two period set the
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The 1970’s was a time period of growth and livelihood. The 70s introduced great choreographers Bob Fosse and Michael Bennett, dance movies, as well as the introduction of breakdancing. Music in the 1970s was brought about by ABBA, the Rolling Stones, and David Bowie. Jazz dance in the 1970s was heavily influenced by the rise in pop and funk music, as well as in the entertainment industry with jazz being introduced in stage and film.
"First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."- John F. Kennedy. On a warm July night in 1969, this dream came true. Millions of people sat captivated in front of their TVs witnessing one of the most monumental events in history, Neil Armstrong walking gracefully on the moon. This event in US history changed the way we look at space forever. Political issues such as the Vietnam War and foreign affairs were on the forefront of American's minds. Thousands of people came peacefully together in a historical concert event called Woodstock. Children were introduced to a place called "Sesame Street" and Heavy Metal meant more than just an old car. The year 1969 impacted American's lives today in politics, science, sports, art, entertainment and daily living.
The 1970’s was an era of political, environmental, and technological awareness. This era provided the American people with information and inventions that would positively shape the future of the United States. Awareness brings about optimistic thinking and change. This is exactly what happened in the 1970’s. Political awareness brought about accountability for the government and politicians. Environmental awareness brought about consumer and governmental accountability in energy usage. Inventions in the 1970’s were the platform for technology age that Americans currently rely on daily.
In comparing the sixties and the nineties, my first thought was how much popular culture has changed since then and how different society is today. The strange thing is, the more I tried to differentiate between them, the more similarities I found. Both the sixties and the nineties were about youth, creativity, free-thinking, and expression. With the nineties coming to a close and the popularity of anything ?retro," I decided to compare the fashions, people, music, and issues that defined pop culture in the 1960?s and its influence on pop culture in the 1990?s.
British Women's Gain of Independece in 1960's and 1970's At the end of the 1950's women still had many disadvantages to men in almost all areas of life, and they were not equal. The man was still seen as the main earner for the family. Although after the Second World War progress had been made in employment and women were able to get jobs, they were very much secondary to men. At the beginning of the 1960's there was a huge boom in popular culture which was accounted for by the huge amount of young people as a product of the 'baby boom'.
Out of some of the most turbulent times in history have come the greatest ages of success and prosperity. The 1920’s and 1950’s are two eras that exemplify the spirit of triumph and wealth. In both decades, a nation thrilled by the victorious conclusion of war and the return of their loved ones from war entered into an age of capitalism and materialism, bolstering the economy and with it national pride. Some of the features most common to the 20’s and 50’s were consumerism and the accompanying optimistic mindset, the extent to which new ideas entered society, and discrimination in terms of both sexism and racism. On the heels of war, new technology caused a decrease in prices of goods in the 1920’s and in the 1950’s the GI Bill increased income.
The Social and Cultural Changes in the Sixties There was undoubtedly a significant social and cultural change in the sixties. The 60’s represents a year of social and cultural liberation from the old ways of the 40’s and the 50’s because there was more affluence, consumer goods i.e. televisions and radios, increase in education i.e. 22 more universities were established and saw the emergence of comprehensive schools, sexual liberation, immigration and women’s rights. However, it could also be seen that the sixties was a result of continuity from the late 50’s which started the revolution and continued through to the 70’s. The fact that it is important to recognise that social revolution wasn’t happening everywhere, for example, the Women’s Institute flower shop.
Contention (Introduction): At the beginning of the 1950's women faced the expectation that they must become a housewife. Towards the end of the 1960’s, women started to believe that
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The sixties was also a time of unmourns growth in population size. In 1964 and 1965 the first babies born after World War II were celebrating their 18th birthdays. Postwar birth rate resulted in the largest generation in history, just over 70 million (Anderson 89). The sixties generation included baby boomers and their older siblings born during World War II who were referred as the “first wave”. With a great economy, new technology and post war validation, these young baby boomers brought new life to America. New adventures like Spring Break offered many new adventures for young guys, in search for “beach, broads and booze” (Anderson 89). Furthermore, birth control also became available for married women in the sixties. Although most single women wore their friend’s wring in order to get their monthly prescription. “Sexy” was the new fashion during the sixties. Media quickly changed the way women dressed, instead of high bobby sox; women felt comfortable showing more skin without feeling objection (783).
The 1980s were a different time period. People start getting better ideas and those ideas were advancing history. A major thing that was part of the 1980s were vehicles. Vehicles were people's transportation. Vehicles were advancing at that time in the 80s some of the first production car were being introduced to fuel injection. Cars were starting to evolve and high horsepower started becoming a factor as well. Movies were another big part of the 80s because graphics and actors were becoming better.
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In 1988, my last year of high school, twelve years before the start of the new century, some genius in L.A.U.S.D. thought it would be a grand idea to dress all the kindergarten students in Graduation outfits with 2000 streaming across their chest. And have them presented to the rest of the students as the future graduating class of the year 2000. The students, some gazing off into space, others fidgeting with their cap and gown, a few looking a bit lost and confused, were to be trumpeted that day and given cookies at the end of the assembly. So I was informed by one of the honorees sitting next to me on top of the stage. Cookies were on a lot of these future Twenty-First-Century minds. The little guy next to me couldn't wait for this "stuff" to end so he could get the cookies he was promised for wearing his cap and gown. He wondered aloud if I was going to get any cookies. He was entering twelve years of schooling, and I was finishing twelve years of schooling. The beginning meets the end. I wanted those cookies too. I began to imagine him remembering this day twelve years from now on his "real" graduation. Will he be this excited about graduating high school as he is about the cookies, or will he look forward to pizza afterwards with the family and some dead end job? I suddenly felt time wrapping around me, shaking thoughts from my mind. How many of these students will finish school? How many will drop out or quit?