Hipster (contemporary subculture)

Hipster is a common in the early 21st century in the media, mostly somewhat derisively used name for a subculture whose members their scene awareness - opposite the mainstream with apathy - ignorant to extravagant express. Most are teenagers up to young adults of the urban middle class. The term is borrowed from the same avant-garde subculture of the mid 20th century.

Term use

Currently, the term is used in the media rather negative and with a mocking undertone by paraphrasing a rather apolitical, superficial social milieu, which aggressively seeks to cultivate an intelligent, enlightened and also fashion conscious otherness from the mainstream and into the foreground. Since hipsters but even a subculture, ie form a larger collection rectified people whose desired individuality is lost through the widespread use of this similarity.

The external appearance of the Hipsters thus results from the combination rather old-fashioned clothes and unusual hair styles ( for example, side and undercut ) with the clothing style that prevails in the subculture of hardcore punk, particularly the emotional hardcore ( emo ), Logging and flannel shirts Nerd or horn-rimmed glasses (often oversized ). , tube scarves, tight pants like skinny jeans, Vans or Converse shoes, tattoos and piercings, this is often a jute or cloth bag and a knitted hat A profusion of scene drinks such as Club Mate products and smartphones and tablets from Apple.

A common criticism of the so-called hipsters be respected as indiscriminately operate in the major sub-cultures of the 1940s to the present in search of authenticity of otherness is.

Relevance

The plane defined by externals grouping of Hipster forms an optical intersection with members oriented alternative movements. Their diverse cultural interests are typically in the range of modern art, photography and design, electronic and alternative rock music, independent film and alternative literature. Creativity and a usually progressive political views are represented here, the core values ​​of this group, the classification reject their representatives usually in the scheme " hipster " than superficial cultural myth.