La identidad hippie y los jóvenes en la actualidad. Estudio a partir del caso de Cuenca

Abstract

The present research was carried out in the city of Cuenca and includes a descriptive-analytical approach to the young people who have commonly been labeled as hippies, who can be observed elaborating and selling handicrafts in streets and public spaces of the city. The main purpose of the research is to reveal the identity characteristics of these young people based on their discourse, practices and meanings. In order to achieve this objective, we used ethnography as a method, with which we knew the way of thinking and the vision that these individuals have about life and the world today. Likewise, we describe the particular forms of dress and the aesthetic characteristics in relation to his body, in addition to his forms of expression through the production of crafts. Consequently, we determined that these young people do not represent themselves as hippies but rather define themselves as artisans who, nevertheless, share certain characteristics of the American counterculture of the sixties.