Flower power
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| '''Flower power''' was a [[slogan]] used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of [[passive resistance]] and [[nonviolence]]. It is rooted in the [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|opposition movement to the Vietnam War]]. The expression was coined by the American [[Beat Generation|Beat poet]] [[Allen Ginsberg]] in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. [[Hippie]]s embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered [[flowers]] and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as [[flower child]]ren. The term later became generalized as a modern reference to the hippie movement and the so-called [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] of drugs, [[psychedelic music]], [[psychedelic art]] and [[social permissiveness]]. | '''Flower power''' was a [[slogan]] used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of [[passive resistance]] and [[nonviolence]]. It is rooted in the [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|opposition movement to the Vietnam War]]. The expression was coined by the American [[Beat Generation|Beat poet]] [[Allen Ginsberg]] in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. [[Hippie]]s embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered [[flowers]] and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as [[flower child]]ren. The term later became generalized as a modern reference to the hippie movement and the so-called [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] of drugs, [[psychedelic music]], [[psychedelic art]] and [[social permissiveness]]. | ||
| - | ''[[The Ultimate Confrontation]]'' by Marc Riboud and is the ultimate photographic representation of the concept. | + | ''[[The Ultimate Confrontation]]'' by Marc Riboud and [[Flower Power (photograph)|''Flower Power'']] by Bernie Boston are the ultimate photographic representation of the concept. |
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| *[[Flower]] | *[[Flower]] | ||
| *[[Power]] | *[[Power]] | ||
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Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965 as a means to transform war protests into peaceful affirmative spectacles. Hippies embraced the symbolism by dressing in clothing with embroidered flowers and vibrant colors, wearing flowers in their hair, and distributing flowers to the public, becoming known as flower children. The term later became generalized as a modern reference to the hippie movement and the so-called counterculture of drugs, psychedelic music, psychedelic art and social permissiveness.
The Ultimate Confrontation by Marc Riboud and Flower Power by Bernie Boston are the ultimate photographic representation of the concept.
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