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A Brief History of Hipsters


A Brief History of Hipsters, from Social Outcast to Urban Connoisseur

Hipsters are complicated members of America's more recent alternative movements, but not for the reasons non-hipsters might assume.

Hipster (contemporary subculture) - Wikipedia

The subculture is often associated with indie and alternative music. In the United States and Canada, it is mostly associated with perceived upper-middle-class ...

What Is the History of Hipster Culture? - TheCollector

The history of hipster culture traces a trajectory from radical 1940s counterculture to the rise of contemporary niche consumer culture.

What Was the Hipster? -- New York Magazine - Nymag

The hipster, however, was someone else already. Specifically, he was a black subcultural figure of the late forties, best anatomized by Anatole ...

20 Years On: The Rise and Fall of the Hipster - VICE

“'Hipster' meant people who searched [for] underground counterculture, alternative press and alternative scenes,” she says now. “Hipsterdom was ...

Hipster (1940s subculture) - Wikipedia

Jive talk (also known as Harlem jive or simply Jive) is an African-American Vernacular English slang or vocabulary that was developed in urban African American ...

Hipster Culture Through the Ages: A Journey from Jazz to Cold Brew

The term “hipster” originally emerged in the 1940s, referring to aficionados of jazz and the associated subculture. It has since evolved and been re- ...

Evolution of the Hipster - YouTube

Fafa explains how the hipster has evolved. If you like our puppet web series, you should be friends with us on ...

Better off a Conformist: Analysis of Hipster Culture - Williams Sites

The hipster subculture is primarily composed of affluent millennials who tend to be college educated and politically liberal, live in gentrified ...

Hipster Definition & Subculture - Lesson - Study.com

History of the Hipster Subculture ... The word ''hipster'' was actually coined by white Jewish American, Harry Gibson, who was a brilliant pianist in the 1940s ...

What's The Origin Of The Term Hipster? - Dictionary.com

Hepster began appearing in the late 1930s, and primarily referred to a person who is knowledgeable about or interested in jazz.

When did hipsters become a thing? : r/GenX - Reddit

The OG hipsters were called beatniks who enjoyed folk music. The first time I heard hipster in the modern times was around the turn of the ...

The Original Hipsters - Merriam-Webster

Both hepster and hipster came from adding an adjective to the noun combining form of -ster. These adjectives, hep and hip, are of unknown origin, and are older ...

Hipsters Over Time - The Third Self - Doc B

Hipsters followed a do-it-yourself ethos, feminist and liberal politics, and intellectualism. They also tried to co-opt some parts of Eastern ...

The Evolution of the Hipster - YouTube

In this episode of The Factuary, Guy Branum explains how the outbreak of hipsters started. Hipsters are part of a long tradition of ...

Hipster | Aesthetics Wiki - Fandom

The term "hipster" originally described jazz fans of the 1940s and 50s. Modern hipsters may share a love of the genre, or else appreciate it for its role in the ...

What is hipster culture and where does it originate? - Quora

According to Wikipedia Hipsters are people who enjoy clothing, music, food and activities considered outside of the social mainstream. If you're ...

The origin of the hipster - OnMilwaukee

Hipsters -- or hepcats -- were originally pot-smokin', sexually-liberated jazz lovers who dressed to impressed and chilled harder than your grandpa's bottle of ...

The hipster is dead. Long live the hipster | Culture - The Guardian

The term “hipster” was coined in the jazz age of the 1940s, a catch-all for trendily dressed young people. Today's hipsters are a particular ...

When Hipsters Dream of the 1890s - Briarpatch Magazine

Portlandia dubbed it the “Dream of the 1890s.” The style's historical referents are actually all over the place – an amalgam of merchant or ...