AMST 2680

Culture and Politics of the 1960s

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2017-2018 Catalog.

Fifty years ago, American society exploded; but 1968 was only a moment in the decade when the civil rights movement, the counter culture, and the Vietnam war stimulated alternative lifestyles and powerful dissents that changed the world forever. What can the triumphant and tragic events of the 1960s, and the literary works they inspired, teach a later generation living through a similar crisis of social transformation? This interdisciplinary course puts cultural texts in the context of a turbulent history. Topics include racial justice, the antiwar movement, the New Left, second-wave feminism, gay and lesbian rights, and the music of resistance. Texts will include The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, music of Dylan and Joplin, speeches of King, manifestos, memoirs, and poems.

Distribution Category (CA-AS)

When Offered Spring.

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