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    Hippies Counterculture

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    Hippies. What are hippies? Are they the flower children from the 1960s, or do hippies actually go back further in history? Hippies are the counterculture to society. Their counterculture was one of rebellion—a rebellion with a vision. While society viewed them as another subculture, the hippie counterculture viewed themselves differently. They believed they were “the Disloyal Opposition to Establishment culture” (Miller 87). The opposed culture did not originate in the 1960s; its roots are seen in

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    1960s Counterculture

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    represented a large number of the American population, most of them found groups that shared similar interests. A variety of youth movements existed during the 1960s, but two notable groups were the Free Speech Movement or FSM and the hippies of the counterculture movement. Both groups shared differences and

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    Counter culture Counterculture is the habits, norms, values and acts contrary society path. A counterculture movement expresses ethos and aspirations of a specific population during specific time. There are many Countercultures in the world some of them popular and spread around the world wildly and easily. The most popular counterculture in the world is the hippies’ subculture that was originally a youth movement that appeared in the United States during the 1960s and spread to other countries

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    1970 Counterculture

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    1970’s and understand how several social movements such as the Student Movement, Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-war Movement had an impact on music during this period (and vice-versa). The movements also had impacts on fashion styles and other counterculture elements, as individuals started looking for different way to protest and express themselves. This paper focuses on several types of music and singers through the 1950’s – 1970’s and how these different genres of music increased commercialization

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    The question of this investigation is “How did the counterculture affect the U.S. politically from 1960-1980?” For my investigation, I decided to focus on the counter culture during the 1960s to the 1980s through a political lens, because I want to see how the youth made a change to the structure of America that lasted still to this day. I will be analyzing two sides of the counter culture which are the youth of the civil rights movement and the hippie movement to prove that their protest is what

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    subsequent financial and legal issues that plagued the movement in the 1980s. III. Hippies and Immigrants: Comparative Perspectives Two major groups have historically populated the membership of ISKCON: first, the rebellious youth of the American counterculture, and second, the Indian immigrant community that exploded in the wake of 1960s immigration reform. While Indian-American devotees currently represent a large proportion of ISKCON’s following, their circumstances appear to differ dramatically from

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    Catfish Counterculture

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    hit TV show “Catfish”. Catfish is a TV show that focuses on one person luring another in a relationship using the persona of another person. The reality television show is a counterculture. Which in sociology are cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society. Catfish would be a counterculture because the idea of pretending to be someone else over the internet is unaccepted. Also, in the show I found that people often encourage others to not engage in an online relationship

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    Kennedy and the entry and war of Vietnam. The sixties are known for being a controversial and politically challenge era, but there were also many other activists that were important but lesser known. The sixties also represented the movement of countercultures, identity politics and liberation movements. These challenges and movements all summarized what is known as the era of the 60s. There were many groups that opposed authority in a peaceful way such as marches and gatherings, however, these groups

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    Counterculture In 1960s

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    religion and spirituality. From around 1967, its fundamental ethos including harmony with nature, communal living, artistic experimentation particularly in music, and the widespread use of recreational drugs spread around the world during the counterculture of the 1960s, which has become closely associated with the subculture. These people were given the name known as “hippies” they were defined as “a usually young

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    tendency for peoples to question their governments’ practices, in the name of a more egalitarian society. I agree with his assertions and can see proof in the Yippee movement, Students for a democratic society, and Young Americans for Freedom. The counterculture shows how action was taken to restructure the government in their own way in order to help the newly oppressed. While the groups do not exist in the same way today, the actions they took made a lasting impression on the fabric of society and government

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