Mythes et héros :

I put the swinging 60s in Myths and heroes because this decade change things in many fields, music, fashion, life style, politics, it was a free, glamourous, rebellious and modern decade.
So we can ask how the 60s became a famous decade ?
Fisrt, in the 60s lots of revolution and new kinds of hereos appear in music, fashion.
In a second part, big changes, in equalty women/men new technologies, industry.

In fact, in the 60s fashion became an important because of the start of consumer society and the whishe to copy the raising celebrities like twiggy the supermodel. People could choice between differents kind of styles. In class we listen an audio document which introduce the main styles in the 60s, the rockers with black clotthes and chains, the hippies with flowers and casual clothes and the mods which start thanks to Mary Quant and the mini skirt.
It was a famous decade also because of the music became an important part of the british decade, the brand new bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or the Who, and the music from America.
Other hereos were born, the pirates DJs, the text page 34 show us the djs broadcast rock music and commercial which was ban on official radios like Bbc, poeple loved those radio because it was new and they feel like rebel because they disobey to the law. The pirates radio changes things because people start to open their cultural opinion.

But the 60s change also in the lifestyle. In class we listen a recording, where people talks about their 60s memories. They remenbered, it was a revolution in the new technologies, families could afford a car, a tv. They remenbered the mods, transistor and sports at tv. The expansion of the mass industry develop the comnsumer society. And improve the life of every day.
Another change which takes place in the 60s is the equalty women/men. Even if it was a slow change, thats in this decade which the things change for women rights. Women start to fight for equal pay, politicians talks about laws about divorce and contraception.

To conclude, I think that the 60s were a mythic decade, because even if it wasn’t a perfect society where everybody were happy, it was a decade of changes in many fields, which bring a lot to built our present society. And most of poeple describe the 60s as a fun, amazing and optimistic era.