Date of Award
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Chair/Advisor
Rachel Moore
Committee Member
Steven Marks
Committee Member
Jürgen Buchenau
Abstract
Following the violent government massacre of students in October of 1968, Mexican youth turned away from organized protest and turned on to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Timothy Leary to challenge established society. This project focuses on Mexican hippie culture and Mexican hippie identity. It argues that hippie culture flourished in Mexico because of the development of consumer society and offered a way for Mexican youth to rebel against traditional authority while feeling a part of an international youth culture and at the same time reshaping what nationalism meant to them. In other words, hippie culture offered youth a dual identity: one that allowed them to be a part of the international community of hippies, as well as a national community they believed was uniquely Mexican.
Recommended Citation
Cobb, Allie R., "Paz y Amor: The Making of Mexican Hippie Culture" (2022). All Theses. 3799.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/3799