Zusammenfassung der Ressource
HIPPIES
- CHARACTERISTICS
- youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s
- subculture
- spread to other countries around the world.
- Hippies sought to free themselves from societal restrictions, choose their own way
- find new meaning in life
- MEANING
- came from hipster
- was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into New York
City's
- The origins of the terms hip and hep are
uncertain
- by the 1940s both had become part of African American jive slang and meant
ophisticated
- COMMUNITIES
- listened to psychedelic rock
- embraced the sexual revolution
- some used drugs such as cannabis, LSD, and psilocybin mushrooms
- to explore altered states of consciousness.
- REVOLUTION (1967-1969)
- By 1968
- hippie-influenced fashions were beginning to take off in the
mainstream
- for youths and younger adults of the populous "Baby
Boomer"
- SUMMER OF LOVE
- On January 14, 1967
- the outdoor Human Be-In helped to popularize hippie culture across the
United States
- gathering in San Francisco's Golden Gate
Park
- Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream
American society
- ETHOS
- hippie independence from societal norms was found in their standard of dress and grooming
- hippie independence from societal norms was found in their standard of dress and grooming
- which made hippies instantly recognizable to one another
- served as a visual symbol of their respect for individual rights
- Through their appearance
- hippies declared their willingness to question authority,
- and distanced themselves from the "straight" and "square" segments of society