THE HIPPIE

MOVEMENT

The hippie subculture:

►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. The etymology of the term ‘hippie’ is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.

The Beat Generation: ►The Beat Generation was the precursor to the Hippie movement.

This included poet Allen Ginsberg and author Jack Kerouac. The Beat movement was a bohemian counter-culture in its own right and included experimentation with drugs and sexual liberties. The Beat writers began in New York, but most of those who were closely associated with the movement moved to San Francisco, where the Beat Generation of the 1950s would become the hippie movement of the 1960s.

Allen Ginsberg. Jack Kerouac.

Allen Ginsberg:

►He was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposedmilitarism, economic materialism and sexual repression. Ginsberg is best known for his epic poem "Howl", in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces ofcapitalism and conformity in the United States.

Jack Kerouac:

►He was an American novelist and poet. He is considered a literary icon and a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing, covering topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. Kerouac became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement.

The Vietnam War: ► The Vietnam War was one of the main reasons why this movement started. The hippie movement is

connected to young Americans' disillusionment with the Vietnam War. The hippies followed a pacifist philosophy and sought to protest the war with non-violent demonstrations, including burning draft cards, sit-ins and protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The political arm of the hippie movement was called the Youth International Party, or "yippies." Although there were many diverse groups and elements protesting the US military involvement in Vietnam as it began to escalate, many of the protesters, rightly or wrongly, came to be associated with aspects of the "hippie" movement in the popular view. A number of them had been highly active in the Civil Rights movement in the first half of the 1960s, traveling across the country to take part in sit-ins and marches against segregation in the South. The first draft card burnings took place May 12, 1964 in New York City. Others followed, including more draft-card burnings in May 1965 at the University of California, Berkeley.

CHARLES MANSON: Charles Manson was a lifelong criminal who had been released from prison just in time for San Francisco's Summer of Love. With his long hair, charisma and the ability to charm a crowd with his guitar playing, his singing and rhetoric, Manson exhibited many of the outward manifestations of hippie identity. Yet Manson hardly exemplified the hippie ideals of peace, love, compassion and human fellowship; through twisted logic and psychological manipulation, he inspired his followers to commit murder, tha’s why he went to prison.

HIPPIE MUSIC: ► To explain the impact of music as a social phenomenon, we need to go back

before the hippies to the Civil Rights Movement. The protesters would sing a song called "We Shall Overcome“ by Joan Baez. So the early sixties saw music becoming more than just entertainment. It was now music with a message. And the messages the hippie poets sang helped us identify with important issues and events that concerned us all. These songs had an impact on the consciousness of not just hippies but all society. Some of these songs also broke new ground musically. One way or another they hit us deeply, made us think, made us dream, made us feel as one people. The musicians listed below were the inspiration for much of the music that has been made since. This includes Heavy Metal, Punk, Disco, Rap, Hip Hop, and Techno.

MY FAVOURITE SONGS:

- We shall overcome by Joan Baez. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkNsEH1GD7Q - Yesterday by Paul McCartney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tao3Sh6SFE - Turn! Turn! Turn! By The Byrds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4 - Light My Fire by The Doors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iSXrZYhJt4 - Aqualung by Jethro Tull.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xY7Heaqg8

MY OPINION: ►In my opinion, this was a great movement because the people

expressed what they felt without restrinction, beeing free, in a world of peace and love.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

►http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hippie_movement

►http://www.ehow.com/info_8348029_hippies-sixties.html

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