1960s

Cultural aspects of the 1960s

historical events: Vietnam War/anti-war demonstrations, John and Robert Kennedy/Martin Luther King assassinations, urban riots, counter-culture experiments, civil rights movement, Great Society legistlation

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prevailing values: challenges to middle-class establishment values of the 1940s/50s, groups seeking equality based on race and gender

Cultural History of the 1960s

literary texts: On the Road, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

major writers: Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Ken Kesey

films: Bonnie and Clyde, The Conformist, Lawrence of Arabia, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Graduate, Tom Jones, Romeo & Juliet

#5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	Winner
#7. The Graduate (1967)	Nominee
#18. Psycho (1960)
#22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
#26. Dr. Strangelove or: How I ... (1964)	Nominee
#27. Bonnie And Clyde (1967)	Nominee
#34. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)	Nominee
#36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)	Winner
#39. Doctor Zhivago (1965)	Nominee
#41. West Side Story (1961)	Winner
#50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)	Nominee
#55. The Sound of Music (1965)	Winner
#67. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
#80. The Wild Bunch (1969)
#88. Easy Rider (1969)
#91. My Fair Lady (1964)	Winner
#93. The Apartment (1960)	Winner
#99. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)

major directors: Arthur Penn, Francis Coppola, Stanley Kubrik,

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musicians: Beatles

music genres:

art work:  Art in the 1960s