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    still used today. They came to be called the Hippies. The Hippie movement started in San Francisco, California and spread across the United States, through Canada, and into parts of Europe (Hippie). But it had its greatest influence in America. During the 1960's a radical group called the Hippies shocked America with their alternative lifestyle and radical beliefs. Hippies came from many different places and had many different backgrounds. All Hippies were young, from the ages of 15 to 25 (Hippie)

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    Diary Entries Week 4 1960s Diary Entries Witness and store own to Watts Riots Aug. 13, 1965 I am fearful of the riots that have been growing now for a couple of days. They are getting more violent and have heard that they are looting stores. I am more afraid that they may try and get into my store and take everything. There are signs that there was some looting already on this street. There are many youths, standing on the streets still littered with broken glass and debris from the

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    Hippies Immaturity

    determining issue of the hippies. They, like all humans throughout history, do not love God. At birth, humans are enemies of God, “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23 ESV). They only sought for their own gain and comfort. In the natural heart of man, there is love for none but himself. Not only was their lack of love for God evident in their incessant protests of most everything, but it was also evident in their brazen, sinful lifestyle. The hippies are known today for

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    Presentation of Hippies

    Hippies: How & why did it start? Between 1896 and 1908, a German youth movement arose as a countercultural reaction to the organized social and cultural clubs that centered around German folk music. Known as Der Wandervogel ("migratory bird"), the movement opposed the formality of traditional German clubs, instead emphasizing amateur music and singing, creative dress, and communal outings involving hiking and camping.[15] Inspired by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Goethe, Hermann Hesse

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    It's Not Just For Hippies Analysis

    Martha Marshall JOUR 374 Krista Coriaty 11/05/2015 Op-Ed: It’s not just for hippies anymore Potheads –– we all know them. They can be found lounging on someone’s couch in the middle of the day with a bong in their hand, or in the kitchen raiding the refrigerator and cabinets for munchies. Maybe they are staring blankly at a white wall while having the deepest conversation about life and the world around them. Regardless, they’ll never remember what they talked about.

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    Carnatic Music

    hep are uncertain, though by the 1940s both had become part of African American jive slang and meant "sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date". 4. The Beats adopted the term hip, and early hippies inherited the language and countercultural values of the Beat Generation. 5. Hippies created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and some used drugs such as cannabis, LSD, and magic mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness. 6. Hippie

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    History Of 1970's Fashion Essay

    1970’s Fashion Americans celebrated the first Earth day in 1970. Earth day is now celebrated on April 22 in the United States. Hippies primarily were the ones who got Earth day passed by the government. Nightclubs of the 1970’s were called discos. Strobe lights and mirror balls reflected the dancers while disk jockeys were playing the 70’s latest hits. In the 1970’s fashion was affected by the Vietnam War, Battle of Civil Rights, and music. The Vietnam War started in the 1960’s and continued on

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    Consumer Culture and Postmodernism

    In everyday life we are surrounded by consumption. We buy items every day, we pass millions of shops on our way home and see every other person carrying a branded shopping bag. So what exactly do we mean by consumption? The everyday use of the term nowdays states that 'consumption' is about 'use'. In postomodern accounts, cultural consumption is seen as being the very meterial out of which our identites are being construct – we become what we consume. Mackay (1997, p.4) In the 20 th century mass

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    Hippie Culture

    Hippie Culture  Edit 0 22… Hippie Culture Hallie Israel and Molly Clark Overview Hippies represent the counterculture of the 1960’s. Their lifestyle is usually associated with rock music, hallucinogenic drugs, and long, flowy hair and clothing. They were seen by some as disrespectful and dirty and a disgrace to society, but to many they are a reminder of a more peaceful, carefree part of America’s history. Hippies were strongly against violence and supported liberal policies and freedom of personal

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    What Was The Influence Of Politics In The 1960's

    movement of peace. The main influence to the new generation was the music. A new type of music was created and appropriately named “acid rock”. “Acid rock” was a category of music that used the effects of drugs to boost the feeling of the music. The hippies adopted this music as their own. “Acid rock” brought on a new type

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