Changing Social Attitudes + Tensions Flashcards
What did the changes in society lead to
-increased tensions — reflects in popular film + to e.g. racial tension theme of Sapphire 1959 crime thriller + police series Dixon of Duck Green in Merseyside which was centre of youth culture
-gang violence explored in Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel A clockwork Orange
-desire breakdown censorship + social taboos — Victim 1961 first English language full mental homosexuality
-1962 penguin books caused storm oiblishinf editions of Lady Chatterley’s Lover + resulted high profile court case under Obsenity Act but 2m copies sold
How was the new culture not universally popular
-backlash against new ‘immorality +depravity’
-criticism from left wing that concentration in material affluence negative effects
-opinion in Br remained socially conservative
