Chapter 7 Flashcards
Counterculture
it valued sexual freedom, grunge dress, communalism, zen Buddhism, LSD and living in today
The Bop Artists
the beats style was molded by black jazz musicians who were detached and relaxed
jack Kerouac
this novelist wrote one the road expressing a new sense of freedom from constraint and responsibility
William Burroughs
this junkie novelist and beatnik became a neider statesman to the counterculture
Allen ginsberg
this poet wrote howl describing Americans as a monster of repression and greed
LSD
also known as acid, it belonged to a class of mind altering or hallucinogenic substances
harvard psilocybin project
its goal in the 1960 was to provide the administrators with data on the effects of mind altering drugs
timothy leary
he was the psychology professor who led the harvard psilocybin project
tibetan Book of the Dead
timothy leary used it as a key prop for establishing the correct setting for an LSD trip
Marijuana
also know as pot or grass, this drug had been legally outlawed well before 1966
one flew over the cuckcoos nest
written in 1962, this book was about ken keseys observing life in a mental ward
Further
This was the name of the old bus that the merry pranksters retrofitted as a camper
Hippies
In September 1965, the San Francisco Examiner first used this word to describe a new breed of brighter and cheerier beatniks
Better living through chemistry
It was the byline of the DuPont Chemical company often referring to the fact that not all LSD was the same quality
Underground newspaper
By 1968, there were 50 or more of these around the country
Rock music
This form of art became the amble of social rebellion in dissent in 1960s
Acid test
Ken Kesey combined LSD, lights, loud rock music, and dancing to create a new art form
Haight-ashbury
Also known as hashbury, it was the place for hippies to live in when in San Francisco
The diggers
It was a strange anarchist group of artists who used guerrilla theatre to catalyze the haight-ashbury scene
Hells angels
This gang was known for causing trouble on their Harley Davidson motorcycles
The summer of love
It really began on Jan. 14, 1967 as a human be-in or a gathering of the tribes at San Fransisco golden gate park
Tune in, drop out, take over
This was jerry rubins slogan calling for a union of love and activism
Youth international party
Yippies
Jerry Rubin co-founded this organization which created the festival of life during the 1968 democratic presidential convention
Woodstock festival
It was a mammoth free outdoor concert that took place August 1969 in upstate New York