Hipster

Japanese: hipster
Hipster

...In Japan, the influence of hipsters can be seen since the 1960s with the "Miyukizoku" and "Futen". Etymologically, the word comes from the "hipster" that was popular in the 1950s, and originally meant "someone sensitive to modern sensibilities" or "someone with true feelings". When A. Ginsberg sang "angel-headed hipsters" at the beginning of "Howl" (1956) and Norman Mailer discussed hipsters in detail in "Advertisement for Myself" (1959), hipster had already begun to have a meaning similar to hippie. ...

*Some terminology explanations that mention "hipster" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本でも60年代の〈みゆき族〉や〈フーテン〉以来,その影響を見いだすことができる。語源的には1950年代に流行した〈ヒップスターhipster〉に由来し,当初は〈現代感覚に敏感な者〉〈本当のフィーリングをもった者〉といった意味であった。A.ギンズバーグが《吠える》(1956)の冒頭で〈天使の頭をしたヒップスターたち〉とうたい,またノーマン・メーラーが《ぼく自身のための広告》(1959)の中でヒップスターについて詳しく論じたときには,ヒップスターはすでにヒッピーに近い意味をもちはじめていた。…

※「hipster」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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