Hippie - Softcover

Miles, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753724561 ISBN 13: 9780753724569

Publisher: Bounty, 1798

Synopsis

Barry Miles's evocative study of the decade of flower children, acid, free love and Grannie Takes a Trip explores every aspect of the hippie movement - its music, poetry, writers and drugs - from Haight-Ashbury in 1965 to the Oz obscenity trial in 1971. The book is illustrated with artwork and photographs from posters, albums and counter-culture publications such as International Times and the early Rolling Stone, and with photographs of musicians from the Byrds to Led Zeppelin.

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About the Author

Barry Miles was a central figure in the development of the hippie movement and has written biographies of Beat generation writers Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac.

From Booklist

The watershed 1960s can be gloriously re-experienced in the pages of this magnificent, oversize volume. The swinging '60s will live forever for the boomers who came of age in that decade; for their parents, who, at the time, felt uncomfortable with the abrupt shifts they observed in values and attitudes (to say nothing of dress); and now for their children, who listen to the rock music of that era and wonder, Was it really all that cool? Miles uses the hippie as a metaphor for the whole cultural experience of the 1960s and its impact on American--no, world--political and social life. As is so graphically documented here, the hippie was the epitome of the youth culture and very much defined the times. This was the great era of protest; hippies stood outside society, and, from that vantage point, they offered both valid and off-the-wall criticism. This luscious book, its textual accompaniment as spirited as its bounty of dynamic illustrations (including candid photos, album covers, and publicity shots), establishes the wide social boundaries of the movement--from antiwar activities to fashion and music and cinema--and spotlights the individuals most important to the counterculture, from Bob Dylan to Jim Morrison, from Ken Kesey to Abbie Hoffman. And, of course, the new-arrivals-display potential of this book in the public library is rich and varied. Wayne Koestenbaum's biography Andy Warhol (2001) could be set beside it as collateral reading, as could Bruce Spizer's The Beatles Are Coming! (2004) and the Autobiography of Martin Luther King (1998), a collection of King's writings. Also, don't forget to use books and even actual artifacts pertaining to gay liberation, fashions of the time, cinema, and all other aspects of distinctive '60s culture. Brad Hooper
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Edition details

• Publisher: Bounty
• Publication date: 1798
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753724561
• ISBN 13: 9780753724569
• Binding: Paperback