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Dissent and Nonconformity in 1950s Women's Movements

Explore dissent and nonconformity among women in the 1950s, from Civil Rights to Beat culture, challenging societal norms and roles, reflecting on domesticity and activism.

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Dissent and Nonconformity in 1950s Women's Movements

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  1. Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942

  2. Ralston Crawford, Tour of Inspection, Bikini, 1946

  3. Jackson Pollock, Convergence, 1952

  4. Jackson Pollock, No. 1, 1949

  5. Jackson Pollock, No. 1, 1950

  6. Jackson Pollock, No. 31, 1950

  7. Jackson Pollock, Blue Poles, 1952

  8. Jackson Pollock, No. 8, 1949

  9. Jackson Pollock, No. 8 (detail), 1949

  10. William Garnett, Grading, Lakewood, California, 1950

  11. William Garnett, Trenching, Lakewood, California, 1950

  12. William Garnett, Foundations and Slabs, Lakewood, California, 1950

  13. William Garnett, Framing, Lakewood, California, 1950

  14. William Garnett, Finished Housing, Lakewood, California, 1950

  15. The Fly, 1958

  16. Them, 1954

  17. Outer Space Anxieties • Sputnik, 1957

  18. Horror Films, the Atom Bomb, and the Environment • Common themes in 1950s horror films?

  19. Conventional Message: Domesticity = Appropriate Gender Roles = Safety = National Security = “The Homeland” Contestation of Conventions Domestic role conformist or empowering? – using maternal role to protest Civil Defense Drills in NYC Working outside the home Women in Civil Rights Movement Beat women, bad girls Dissent and Nonconformity: Women, Domesticity, and Work – “Not June Cleaver”

  20. Dissent – The Beats • Playful, tongue-in-cheek style • Using popular culture, consumer culture, and elite culture symbols and language in subversive ways • Subversive politics, sexuality, lifestyles • Kerouac, On the Road • Ginsberg, Howl • Ferlinghetti, I Am Waiting; Sometime During Eternity

  21. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sometime During Eternity, 1958 • Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "[Sometime During Eternity]" (1958) • Sometime during eternity • some guys show up • and one of them • who shows up real late • is a kind of carpenter • from some square-type place • like Galilee • and he starts wailing • and claiming he is hip • to who made heaven • and earth • and that the cat • who really laid it on us • is his Dad

  22. Ferlinghetti (cont.) • And moreover • he adds • It's all write down • on some scroll-type parchments • which some henchmen • leave lying around the Dead Sea somewheres • a long time ago • and which you won't even find • for a coupla thousand years or so • or at least for • nineteen hundred and fortyseven • of them • to be exact • and even then • nobody really believes them • or me • for that matter

  23. Ferlinghetti (cont.) • You're hot • they tell him • And they cool him • They stretch him on the Tree to cool • And everybody after that • is always making models • of this Tree • with Him hung up • and always crooning His name • and calling Him to come down • and sit in • on their combo • as if he is the king cat • who's got to blow • or they can't quite make it • Only he don't come down • from His Tree

  24. Ferlinghetti (cont.) • Him just hang there • on His Tree • looking real Petered out • and real cool • and also • according to a roundup • of late world news • from the usual unreliable sources • real dead

  25. Conclusions • Total conformity?

  26. Conclusions (cont.)

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