Hippie movement

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The 1960s Hippie movement was a major point in the American history. In the 1960s a certain class of young people associated their lifestyles with the ideas of freedom, peace, and love. Hippies acted against white upper middle class lifestyle because they thought it was based on the wrong ideology. Hippies were against consumerism and American suburban life of the late 1950s and early 1960s was embodied in itself the idea of consumerism. Hippies, on the other hand, felt better about communal life

a new character into play, the hippie generation changed America's future generations with the different lifestyle they lived in. The hippie movement started out in the early 60s and had brought another war. The movement started out on the east coast and ended up on the west coast in California to get away from the control of parents who wouldn't let their teenagers express themselves. Hippies were known for breaking boundaries and testing limits.The hippie movement had involvement in the peace protest

society they were living in. The term “counterculture” started to appear in form of movements, mainly initiated by young people who rejected the mainstream society rules. In the following report I will be focusing on the hippie movement that started in 1960s and how the. Woodstock Music and Art Festival of 1969 became the most important music festival of the 1960s counterculture and thus a symbol of the hippie movement. Identity, body and

HIPPIE MOVEMENT (1960-1970) Mansi Nagdev Subculture CONTENTS • Subculture • Introduction – hippies • Appearance • Movement • Music • Spiritual • Political affects • War • Value • Fashion appearance • Influence • Decline of movement • Conclusion   SUBCULTURE

The Hippie Movement Abstract/Intro The 1960s Hippie movement emerged out of a collective feel for a different way of life. Two World Wars in the span of thirty years, together with the Vietnam War, left individuals seeking change. Emerged as a youth movement it drew its inspiration from similar past movements such as the German Wandervogel (migratory bird) and the beat generation. Hippies, a term first coined in 1965, placed their focus on the happiness of individuals. Fed up with being told how

ideas.” The hippie movement was an era of new changes and open mindedness that started as a result of war, violence, and materialism sickness. Young people felt frustrated after long periods of sufferance due to war and they started to create their own lifestyle, which was completely different from the period’s current mindset and culture, which eventually turned out to be the famous hippie counterculture. During the 1960s the hippie counterculture emerged and although this movement was highly criticized

Hippie Counterculture "Flower child," a name that forms in the mind an image of an innocent child, denoted the youth of the mid-1960s. These youth, otherwise called the hippies, relied not so much on innocence, but instead sought freedom to distinguish the conformity the past generations held. Before these youth, the Beats or Beatniks from the Beat Generation spread throughout the Western Worlds around the 1950s. The Beats’ philosophy paralleled that of the hippies, however, their focus centered

From the 1960s to the 1970s, the Hippie Movement was apart of the counterculture era. This was an age of renewal and change amongst society. People known as Hippies focused on pursuing a life different from the one proposed by mainstream culture. Hippies followed transcendentalism, which influenced their idealism of their understanding of nature and society. They often used drugs such as psychedelics, amphetamines, methamphetamine, and marijuana to experience spiritual and artistic awareness as well

Thesis: During the 1950’s the hippie movement began, hippies rebelled against society, had their own way of living, and had an impact on the world. I. Introduction A. How hippies formed B. What inspired them to be this way C. Thesis II. Rebelling Against Society A. Drop out 1. From school 2. From materialistic life B. Drugs 1. LSD, marijuana, etc. 2. Sold them to stay living III. Living style A. Fashion 1. Clothes and shoes 2. Hair and