Class Of '66: Living in Suburban Middle AmericaTemple University Press, 18 juin 2010 - 288 pages In the midst of the Vietnam war, sit-ins, counter-culture, and campus rallies, the 1966 graduating class of a South New Jersey coast high school came of age on the margins of political and cultural upheaval. Rather than presenting the stereotype of Sixties youth scene, this study reveals this group to be conservative teenagers shaped by mainstream loyalties to God, Country, and Family. These "Coasters"—white, middle-class, suburban baby-boomers—were spectators of rather than participants in the decade's activism. Yet, even as they were missed by the powerful currents of the times, their lives were touched by those currents more than is suggested by the stereotype of Richard Nixon's "Silent Majority." Paul Lyons interviewed 47 members of the class of 1966, recording recollections of their school days, politics, work, family life, community, and expectations for future careers and family. Each chapter is complemented by personal profiles of individual "Coasters." Removed from both the urban experience and that of the elite suburbs, these teenagers disprove popular cultural assumptions that all baby boomers, with few exceptions, went to Woodstock, protested against the Vietnam War, engaged in drug experimentation, or joined the hippie counter-culture. Instead, Lyons' study explores how their then relative ambivalence to political and cultural rebellion did not preclude many "Coasters" from indirectly incorporating over the years certain core Sixties values on issues of race, gender, mobility, and patriotism. |
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... , and engaged in the rites of passage , including drug experimentation , of the hippie counterculture . Indeed , they are often quite shocked to discover , when engaging in oral history projects , that Copyrighted Material Introduction.
... , and engaged in the rites of passage , including drug experimentation , of the hippie counterculture . Indeed , they are often quite shocked to discover , when engaging in oral history projects , that Copyrighted Material Introduction.
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... hippies raised holy hell as they grooved on acid rock , smoked grass , dropped acid , and fought against author- ity in ... hippie into yuppie . But , of course , the story contains several glitches . For one , several recent studies sug ...
... hippies raised holy hell as they grooved on acid rock , smoked grass , dropped acid , and fought against author- ity in ... hippie into yuppie . But , of course , the story contains several glitches . For one , several recent studies sug ...
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... hippie wing , analyze themselves . The picture one receives from a mix of the academy , the Beltway , and Hollywood , from the networks and PBS , tends to ignore the more mainstream experiences of baby boomers.4 Regarding Vietnam and ...
... hippie wing , analyze themselves . The picture one receives from a mix of the academy , the Beltway , and Hollywood , from the networks and PBS , tends to ignore the more mainstream experiences of baby boomers.4 Regarding Vietnam and ...
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... hippie counterculture . Frank's parents met during World War II ; his dad was stationed in Atlantic City and met the future Mrs. Feller on a visit to Philadelphia . They married in 1942 and settled in Atlantic City , where she held a ...
... hippie counterculture . Frank's parents met during World War II ; his dad was stationed in Atlantic City and met the future Mrs. Feller on a visit to Philadelphia . They married in 1942 and settled in Atlantic City , where she held a ...
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... hippie movement . About most of his peers , he comments , " A lot of those guys never went to school , were never exposed to other aspects of life . " He speaks of those who went into the service or immediately married , " which I ...
... hippie movement . About most of his peers , he comments , " A lot of those guys never went to school , were never exposed to other aspects of life . " He speaks of those who went into the service or immediately married , " which I ...
Table des matières
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3 Vietnam | 72 |
4 The Sixties | 103 |
5 White on Black | 123 |
6 Growing Up Female | 163 |
7 Career Family Community | 202 |
Conclusion | 218 |
Methodological Appendix | 247 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 263 |
Index | 269 |
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