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Daughters of Aquarius: Women of the Sixties Counterculture

Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo
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Focusing on women of the counterculture, this book describes how gender was perceived within the movement, with women taking on much of the responsibility for sustaining communes. It examines the lives of younger runaways and daughters who shared the lifestyle.
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Goddesses, Chicks, Earth Mothers, and Groupies: Confronting the Stereotypes of Hip Womanhood
  • 2. “We Wanted to Break Away”: Women’s Journey from the ‘Burbs to the Counterculture
  • 3. In Harmonious Intercourse: Gender Constructs, Sexuality, Body Image, Relationships, and Reproduction
  • 4. “It Never Seemed Like Drudgery”: Women’s Economic Survival Strategies
  • 5. “I Was Opening Up Like a Tender Flower”: Women’s Psychedelic, Spiritual, and Travel Adventures
  • 6. Little Sisters: Girls of the Counterculture
  • 7. “We Were the True Aquarians”: Hippie Women, Feminism, and the New Age
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
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Published: 2009
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN(s)
  • 9780700616336 (ebook)
Subject
  • Hippies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
  • Young women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
  • Counterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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