2. What is Hippie?
• Subculture
• a youth movement that arose in the mid 1960s
• one who doesn't conform to society's standards
and advocates a liberal attitude and lifestyle
• a matter of accepting universal belief system that
transcends the social, political and moral norms of
any established structure
• An establishment label for a profound, invisible,
underground, evolutionary process.
3. Their Characteristics
• created their own communities
• mostly teenagers and young adults between 15
and 25 years old
• don't impose their beliefs on others
• Belief in Gaia, Greens movement, shamanism
• Strongly hold on to Peace, Love and Freedom
4. Peace
• Believe peace as a way to resolve differences
among peoples, ideologies and religions
• The way to peace is through love and tolerance
• The Vietnam War
– Organize political action group to oppose war
– Demonstration
– Refusal to serve in military
5. Love
• Means accepting others as they are
• Giving them freedom to express themselves
• Not judging them based on appearances
6. Freedom
• Is the paramount virtue in this system
• Erected signposts for all to see the road to
freedom
• Freedom to do anything, go where ever and to
be open to new experiences
• Believe that it allows maximum personal
growth
Less freedom to pursue our own agenda – the
rest of the time we are slaves to the system
7. How do they look?
Men
• Wore halter tops, tie dyes,
frilly shirts
• Also, old blue jeans, vests
• Have long hair
• Grew long side burns,
moustaches and beards
• Scents – Sandalwood and
musk
Women
• Wore saris from India,
caftans, and sarongs from
Bali and Java
• Also, Peasant dresses, long
skirts and layering
• Mini skirt as a symbol of
women’s sexual freedom
• Stopped shaving their legs
and underarms (gasp!)
• Scents - floralAccessories
* beads, bandannas
8.
9. Their lifestyle
- Lived in bourgeois comfort, with enough
money
- Gave up this comfortable lifestyle to live in
poverty
- Bohemians and hippies lived together
10. • Vegetarian
• Eco-friendly – biodegradable products, all natural
ingredients
• Must have item = stereo
• Listened to psychedelic rock
• Wore colourful clothes
• Decorated their living space in every sort of poster
imaginable
• Typically live in VW bus, van or bug – painted in bright
colours
• Studied, taught and practiced Holistic medicine
11. Factor
The need to rebel
• Hippies did not agree with
most of the ideas of
mainstream society
• Express new ideas through
writing, music and clothes
Lack of purpose
• Rejected their bourgeis
lifestyle for lives of poverty
• They felt as if their llives
had no purpose
• They want to contribute
more to society
12. Society’s Impression Toward Them
• Had a great impact throughout the country
• Idea of men with long hair is absurd (society takes it as a
sign of homosexuality )
• Gain respect in the eye of the public as the champion of the
poor
• The controversial messages of the hippies and their socially
unacceptable lifestyle made them targets of very much
negative publicity.
• They were all portrayed as drug pushers, prostitutes, and
thieves by the media.
• The belief that their subversive ideas could destroy society’s
structure and values caused people to fear them.
