Tu Nov 16 "I Like Ike"

Halberstam, 202-253, 311-329, 359-410.






W Nov 17 FILM: Rebel Without a Cause (1955)


Link to reviews








Audio: Dodie Stevens (1959)



Th Nov 18 "Days of Soda & Pretzels & Beer" --

The Consumption Economy Comes of Age

Halberstam, 154-179, 487-507, 521-536, 629-642.


Tu Nov 23 June Cleaver, Barbie, the Shirelles, and the Feminine Mystique

Halberstam, 282-294, , 479-486, 577-606.

Kerouac, 1-133.

Audio: The Shirelles (1960)







Tu Nov 30 Toward the Sixties: The Beats

Kerouac, 295-307;
Halberstam, pp. 295-307;
Allen Ginsberg poetry, to be distributed;
Norman Mailer, "The White Negro," to be distributed.
Click here to LISTEN to Allen Ginsberg reading "Howl"







W Dec 1 FILM: Some Like It Hot (1959)


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Th Dec 2 "What Are You Rebelling Against?"

"What've You Got?" -- The End of an Era?

Halberstam, 564-576, 607-628, 699-733.

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Thursday, December 9 - 2:00 PM - Final Exam



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Collage of Scenes from Class Skits


MUSIC: Buddy Holly & the Crickets, "Peggy Sue"