would not have been the same without the usage of LSD and marijuana‚ free love‚ and the all famous rock and roll music. Drugs seemed to be the way of life for the hippies; they were using all kinds of drugs throughout the decade but the two drugs that were most associated with the Summer of Love were LSD and Marijuana. To the hippies they used the term “dope” instead of “drugs” because dope was good; but drugs included both good and bad substances. Miller stated‚ “Substances that were perceived
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Comparison Between Pop Culture Generations! The two generations have many strengths and weaknesses. When I think of the generation gap I laugh because I would never imagine myself in the accepted population‚ I’d be a hippie. I would be a hippie because I believe that all humans can be equal (but I do not agree with gays) and if an adult wants to do drugs and listen to Jimmie then so be it. Yet I am a true 90’s kid and love Nickelback‚ NSYNC‚ Backstreet Boys‚ and Boys 2 Men. I can’t imagine growing
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William A. Darity‚ Jr.. Vol. 9. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA‚ 2008. P120-121. “Darity” 2. Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. Vol. 8. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons‚ 2003. P523-524. “Dodgson” 3. Bowling‚ Beatniks‚ and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 4: 1960s-1970s. Detroit: UXL‚ 2002. P862-864. “Berg” 4. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol.
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Leslie Castromayor Costume History Fashion Zeitgeist and Icon Report February 19‚ 2013 With the end of World War II came the rise of the comfortable middle class. In Britain‚ middle class families were experiencing an increase in wealth; there was no longer a need to rely on elder children of the family to provide money for survival. This provided a new kind of consumer. Teenagers and young adults were acquiring after school jobs to have extra income‚ parents could afford to give them bigger
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In St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture‚ Tina Gianoulis wrote “hipsters have espoused tolerance and openness‚ sometimes engaging in bisexual relationships and wearing gender-bending styles” (675). For decades hipsters lived on the edge of society. They see themselves as the superior group in the category of being “cool”. They don’t live out their lives to societies standards‚ nor do they follow the ideals and trends‚ but make their own. There is no concrete version of the hipster‚ just mostly
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Their poetry and novels included sensitive topics such as homsexuality‚ Buddhism‚ and drugs‚ all of which were not expressed openly in this time period. By writing about these topics‚ the beatnik opened the eyes of society to be more accepting. Homosexuality was being accepted‚ starting the movement of gay liberation. Drugs were considered to be more socially acceptable‚ and for many years they were used excessively. Eventually‚ it led to
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the fight against communism there was a little known revolution taking place by a group of young rebels who were known as the Beatniks. Some of the members that headlined this group consisted of Allen Ginsberg‚ Jack Kerouac‚ and Amiri Baraka. They voiced their displeasures and opinions to the public through the arts. Poetry being the most prevalent art form. The Beatniks found their inspiration
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In American in the 1950s‚ a new cultural and literary movement staked its claim on the nation’s consciousness. The Beat Generation was never a large movement in terms of sheer numbers‚ but in influence and cultural status they were more visible than any other competing aesthetic. The years immediately after the Second World War saw a wholesale reappraisal of the conventional structures of society. Just as the postwar economic boom was taking hold‚ students in universities were beginning to question
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1. Introduction In the present thesis‚ I am going to discuss the generation gap between the parent and son culture as well as the characteristics of the ’hippie movement’ with the aid of Hair movie in one of the most tumultuous decade in the American history which is unquestionably the Sixties. The counterculture encompasses a period from the 50s through the mid-70s. It is one of the most revolutionary and riotous trend in the American history which came into being in a wide range of social and
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scholars have put into participants joining new religions voluntarily‚ for whichever reasons they feel to choose using their free will. This includes the fact that in the 1960’s many people chose different lifestyles that some would refer to as “hippies” or “beatniks” instead of what they believe is a hypocritical path following the Second World War and other stresses of the world. The brief also applied that groups such as the Hare Krishna and Unification church
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