The article by William Risch \u201cSoviet \u2018Flower Children\u2019. Hippies and the Youth Counter-culture in 1970s L\u2019viv\u201d discusses the Soviet Youth and their reactions towards the many changes the communist party were trying to put on L\u2019viv and their feelings of isolation during 1970s. Hippies were made up of the rebellious, free spirited youth, and became a large part of post-world culture. The communist party in L\u2019viv wanted to control over all aspects of the public sphere, as a result the hippies of L\u2019viv rebelled. The hippies acted against sociality norms and soviet ideals. Hippies were stereotyped and publicly marginalized, hippies were said to be \u201cbowing to the west\u201d because they adopted western cloths and music. Interestingly enough Risch points out how hippies did adopt ideas from The Communist Youth Organization, one of the major groups against hippie ideals. Although the hippies in the Soviet Union were different from their western counter parts both were made up of youth feeling isolated and had new ideals for the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The article by William Risch \u201cSoviet \u2018Flower Children\u2019. Hippies and the Youth Counter-culture in 1970s L\u2019viv\u201d discusses the Soviet Youth and their reactions towards the many changes the communist party were trying to put on L\u2019viv and their feelings of … Continue reading