The hippie subculture that was born in San Francisco in the 1960’s came from nowhere. As unlikely as life forming on Earth billions of years ago‚ new political ideals oozed from a seemingly disengaged primordial ooze of activists and idealists. Foner says‚ “the rise of a protest movement among white youth came as a complete surprise” (Give me Liberty!‚ 1103). A new age of free thinkers‚ inspired by a variety of factors found themselves questioning their government‚ challenging the steady diet
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When you think of the hippie movement‚ what do you picture in your mind? A group of homeless young men smoking on the streets? Or young girls with has no sexual morals. These are some misconceptions of one of the biggest subculture of American history. The early 1960s to mid-1970s was one of the most controversial periods in American history. During this interim‚ the hippie movement was all the rage as it was popular among teenagers and young adults. It was in this time frame that the baby boomers
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Falling in the hippie style influence‚ came the hippie handcraft movement. This involved the movement of sewing your own garments‚ as ways to go against the establishment and create your own new clothes out of second hand items. Ketteler states in his book (2010) that by the 1970s‚ sewing did become a kind of political statement. The early 1970s saw recessional and inflation; all of the idealism and youthful energy from the sixties turned to alienation. Consumer culture and mass produced cheapness
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Hippies The Hippie Generation‚ was in the 1960s and 1970s. They embraced peace‚ love and community. They were opposed to middle class values‚ and the teachings of previous generations. The hippie movement embraced free love‚ and the beginning of the sexual revolution. The Beat Generation lead to the Hippie movement. The Beat movement was a bohemian counter-culture‚ and included experimentation with drugs and sexual liberties. The Beat writers began in New York‚ but most with the movement moved
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Leary also made a few of his “catchphrases” popular and used them to promote his philosophy. Such catchphrases included “turn on‚ tune in‚ drop out”; “set and setting” and “think for yourself and question authority”. At the same time that the hippie movements were going on in San
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No Spreading the Hippie Ideals During the 1960’s‚ many young people had to get away from all the turmoil taking place in The United States of America. The war in Vietnam‚ the Civil Rights Movement and Lyndon Johnson’s “The Great Society” spurred the rise of this hippie movement. A hippie is a person who removes himself/herself from society‚ hereby cutting all political ties. Hippies moved to communes and grew their hair long‚ as a way to reject authority. However‚ the hippie movement is most known
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Savannah Olson Mr.Brown English 11B Period 2 20 March 2015 1960’s Hippie Movement The 1960’s Hippie movement was brought together by a group of individuals that had the same beliefs. Although they were associated with drugs‚ they also made a very large impact on todays society and past history. As individuals joined the hippie movement they often began to mock their parents‚ shut out patriotism‚ and became very devoted to hard work. They would put their mind to accomplishing something and
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The Hippie Revolution and Communication Today The word “hippie” usually conjures a specific image in most peoples’ heads: unkempt‚ young folks dressed in bellbottom jeans and tie dye t-shirts with flowers in their hair. The term “hippie movement”‚ then‚ might invoke images of these flower children passing a joint around to one another while listening to The Grateful Dead‚ protesting the war‚ speaking about peace and love and criticizing The Man. The hippie movement‚ however‚ was much more than
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The Hippie Movement was the most well known and influential movement of the 60’s.The countercultural movement originated as a youth movement in college campuses around the US‚ eventually spreading into the UK and Canada. Not only was it a political movement‚ it was also a lifestyle. The Hippies had an array of concerns but the main tenet was about being happy. Most rejected large institutions‚ the middle class‚ and conformed society. Their attitudes toward life contained little thought or concern
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each one stands/stood for‚ their do’s and don’ts‚ and most importantly‚ what sort of benefits to society have brought the kind of personalities these subcultures have given birth to. The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that begun in San Francisco‚ United States in the 1960’s‚ the word “Hippie” derives from Hipster and was originally used to describe Beatniks; not the people you can spot walking around town with a zebra hat
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