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Affluence, malaise, and the search for authenticity

Affluence, malaise, and the search for authenticity. FMS 394 Lesson 5. Guiding questions. How do notions of generational malaise and the search for authenticity shape 1960s discourses of youth? How do they reflect broader cultural anxieties?

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Affluence, malaise, and the search for authenticity

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  1. Affluence, malaise, and the search for authenticity FMS 394 Lesson 5

  2. Guiding questions • How do notions of generational malaise and the search for authenticity shape 1960s discourses of youth? How do they reflect broader cultural anxieties? • What is happening in the film industry in the late 1960s and how does that affect representations of youth? • How does The Graduate extend themes we’ve been discussing and yet also push discourses of youth in different directions?

  3. The Kids in (1960s) America • Baby Boomers • That youth and teen tastes matter is a given • Unprecedented levels of affluence, education, and mediation • Came of age during the Cold War but also with optimism about the world

  4. The Kids in (1960s) America • “A generation of seekers” (Wade Clarke Roof) • Youth and the need for authenticity • Intergenerational tensions • Malaise and the rise of the counterculture

  5. 1960s Film: An Industry In Flux • Between 1948 and 1968 a huge drop-off in movie attendance • The decline of the blockbuster • The end of the Production Code

  6. The Graduate (1967) • Not a teenpic, or even about a teen per se • Post-Code • Affluence, malaise, and yearning • The Simon & Garfunkel Factor

  7. Next Time on FMS 394

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