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    Definition of a Hippie

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    The word “hippie” has been in existence since the 1960’s. The “hippies” were a large amount of people who believed in the same‚ basic‚ simple things. Everyone back in those days and still today have their own opinion on the hippies and what they stood for. The real definition of a hippie is: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly: a long-haired unconventionally dressed

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    Hippie Culture

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    FACHARBEIT aus dem Fach Englisch Thema: The Hippie Movement Verfasser: Florian Kunkel florian_kunkel@web.de 1. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. Introduction The Times‚ They Are A-Changing – The Fifties and early Sixties Increasing affluence Rising dangers Growing radicalisation New culture He was a friend of mine - the early Sixties 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 7 3. If you’re going to San Francisco… The Hippie Movement 3.1. Hippie philosophy 7 7 8 3.1.1. New culture of living 3

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    The Hippie Rebellion

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    The Hippie Rebellion There are many subcultures in our history that resulted from a variety of sources. One of the biggest rebellions came from the “Hippie Generation.” The sons and daughters of the Baby Boom era push themselves away from their ancestors‚ who rejected them for an alternative culture which was their own. (Huber‚ Lemieux‚ Hollis) The three key reasons are do to the change in music‚ the use of narcotics‚ and their anti-war beliefs. The change in music clearly set their generation

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    Hippie Movement

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- THE CONTROVERSY OF THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------

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    The Hippie Counterculture

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    The Hippie Counterculture The Hippie Movement changed the politics and the culture in America in the 1960s. When the nineteen fifties turned into the nineteen sixties‚ not much had changed‚ people were still extremely patriotic‚ the society of America seemed to work together‚ and the youth of America did not have much to worry about‚ except for how fast their car went or what kind of outfit they should wear to the Prom. After 1963‚ things started to slowly change in how America viewed its politics

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    Hippie Subculture

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    Kayla DiMarco English 1A Dr. Small 28 April 2014 Hippie Subculture Punks‚ goths‚ metallers‚ soul sisters‚ hippies; there was a time when the young generation made it clear what tribe and music they were into by the way they dressed‚ but not anymore. The young subculture today has different definitions of these new young cultures‚ because of our society‚ rather than actually knowing who these people truly are. Call them freaks‚ the underground‚ the counter-culture‚ flower children‚ or hippies—they

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    Hippie Counter Culture

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    countercultures that shape the larger picture of the population. Many of these counter cultures and subcultures evolved from each other‚ including the hippie counterculture and the hipster subculture. These two different cultures have similar values‚ however the hippie culture had far more extreme norms and values than that of the hipsters. The hippie culture was born in the 1960’s as the African American rights grew and the United State’s involvement in the Vietnam War increased. Groups of people

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    HIPPIE? The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. Theetymology of the term ’hippie’ is from hipster‚ and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Both the words "hip" and "hep" came from African American culture and denote "awareness".[1] The early hippies inherited the countercultural values of the Beat Generation‚ created their

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    The Hippie Legacy

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    The Hippie Legacy. - Counterculture movement; began in US‚ spread to UK; big from 1965‚ declined in 1970s; white‚ 15-25 of age‚ mostly students; seen as wasters‚ druggies‚ idiots‚ green-freaks; heavily influenced by music (Jimi Hendrix‚ The Beatles); easily identified by their style - tried to distance themselves from conventional‚ structured styles. Britain: in Britain‚ there had always been an artsy‚ bohemian underground; widely known as ‘the underground’‚ even though media tried

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    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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