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THE HIPPIE MOVEMENT
Javier Cagigas Viota
Hippie Movement
It was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s, swiftly spreading to other
countries around the world.
This new subculture inherited some countercultural values from the Beat
Generation and, to a lesser extent, German Naturism.
An important base was the city of San Francisco, California. Actually, the first hippies were studying in the university
of San Francisco
Hippie Movement
Another key influence was the American folk music
movement which had a strong base in Greenwich Village in New York and Berkeley in
California A. Chandler Laughlin III was
the founder of a folk music concert bar called Red Dog
Saloon. In the summer of 1965, Laughlin recruited much of the
talent that led to California's unique blend of traditional folk music and rock, and started a
tour.
Hippie Movement In January 1967, the Human Be-In in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco popularized the hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love
on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast.
Hippie Movement
The movement itself had neither ideological or political organization defined, but generally
tended to ideas about the prospect of libertarian socialism and environmentalism.
Hippie Movement
The cause that led many hippies to join the social protest was the Vietnam
War.
In some cases there were lineups to a broader
political perspective, and even the utopian proposals, led to a radical existential
practice which was the emergence of intentional
hippy communities.
Hippie look
The male hippie icon was usually a man with hair and a beard much longer than
what was considered "elegant" at the time.
Both sexes tended to wear long hair and some hippies wore Afro style, imitating
blacks. Among women there was a
tendency not to wear a bra and not to shave their
armpits or legs.
HIPPIE look
One way to break the existing social patterns was
something as simple as wearing pants at the
hip, making the person look sloppy.
Therefore, one of the meanings of the word hippie, is person who wears the pants at the
hip
Woodstock
Woodstock
Woodstock (Woodstock. 3 Days of Peace & Music) is one
of the best-known rock festivals and most famous
Hippie congregations ever.
It took place on a farm in Bethel, New York, on 15, 16, 17 and the morning of August
18, 1969.
Few crimes were committed during the festival, in contrast to the claims that the festival was intended as a celebration
of peace and love.
Decline of the hippie movement
The media fuss about the events of Altamont and the
Charles Manson´s case discredited hippies
Parts of the hippie look, such as the long hair or flared trousers, became mere
fashion followed by many young people around the
United States. Around 1980, the hippie look
became just a fashion style.
The press lost interest in this subculture. On their part, many former hippies integrated
into the mainstream of thought and social and economic systems that they previously had
rejected.
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