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The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world. Its origins may be traced to European social movements in the 19th and early 20th century such as Bohemians, with influence from Eastern religion and spirituality.
Hippie and psychedelic culture influenced 1960s and early 1970s youth culture in Iron Curtain countries in Eastern Europe (see Mánička). [15] Hippie fashion and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. Since the 1960s, mainstream society has assimilated many aspects of hippie ...
Foxfire Books series, from the magazine of the same name, popular with the 1970s back-to-the-land movement; Steal this book, by yippie Abbie Hoffman, 1971, a guide to living with little or no money, and to living outside the rules of establishment culture; Our Bodies, Ourselves, by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1973
1970s in fashion. In 1971 hotpants and bell-bottomed trousers were popular fashion trends. Diane von Fürstenberg 's wrap dress, designed in the 1970s. Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality. In the early 1970s, Vogue proclaimed "There are no rules in the fashion game now" [ 1] due to overproduction flooding the market with cheap ...
Flower child. Flower child originated as a synonym for hippie, especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967. It was the custom of "flower children" to wear and distribute flowers or floral-themed decorations to symbolize ideals of universal belonging, peace ...
Jesus movement. The Jesus movement was an evangelical Christian movement that began on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s and primarily spread throughout North America, Europe, Central America, Australia and New Zealand, before it subsided in the late 1980s. Members of the movement were called Jesus people or ...
The prelude to the Summer of Love was a celebration known as the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, [ 8] which was produced and organized by artist Michael Bowen. [ 9][ 10][ 11] It was at this event that Timothy Leary voiced his phrase, "turn on, tune in, drop out". [ 12] This phrase helped shape the entire hippie ...
San Francisco PCC-type streetcar 1167 southbound on Church Street. San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptance of diverse ...