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La Onda ("The Wave") refers to the Mexican counterculture of the 1960s. // The counterculture of the 1960s began in the United States as a reaction against the conservative social norms of the 1950s, the political conservatism (and perceived social repression) of the Cold War period, and the US governments extensive military intervention in Vietnam. ...


After the 1968 Mexican student movements ended in the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City, a native hippie movement known as the "jipitecas" grew in its wake. By 1970 a new wave of Mexican music began to emerge, fusing Mexican and foreign music with images of political protest. The movement became known as La Onda Chicana, culminating in a "Mexican Woodstock" known as "Avándaro" which attracted 150,000–200,000 people in the fall of 1971.[1] A 1978 silkscreen poster by Rini Templeton and Malaquías Montoya created to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the massacre. ... Nickname: Location of Mexico City in central Mexico Coordinates: Country Mexico Federal entity Federal District Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded (as Tenochtitlan) c. ... Singer at a modern Hippie movement in Russia A hippie or hippy is a member of a specific subgroup of the counterculture that began in the United States during the early 1960s, spread to other countries, and declined in the mid-1970s. ...


La Onda not only influenced Mexican rock but Mexican literature as well, making its mark on the "new Central-American novel" and other genres. The wave of popular Mexican novels in the 1960s, "emphasized the sentiments of the new urban middle-class adolescent and the influence of United States culture, rock music, the generation gap, and the hippie movement." La Onda also influenced many authors, including Guatemalan writer Mario Roberto Morales.[2] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mexican literature plays an important role in Mexican culture. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Singer at a modern Hippie movement in Russia A hippie or hippy is a member of a specific subgroup of the counterculture that began in the United States during the early 1960s, spread to other countries, and declined in the mid-1970s. ...


See also

Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Hispanic-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ...

References

  1. ^ Zolov, Eric (1999). Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture. University of California Press. ISBN 0520215141. 
  2. ^ "Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers". Dictionary of Literary Biography 145. (1994). London: The Gale Group. 185-192. Retrieved on 2007-06-18. 

 

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