10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPSTERISM»
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hipsterism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hipsterism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Independent Cinema: Indie, Indiewood and Beyond
Negation feeds hipsterism as overexposed, too-popular artifacts are left behind in
a regular cycle of fashion and vanguardism. The kinds of negative examples
above are echoed frequently in discourses of indie cinema and hipsters.
Geoff King, Claire Molloy, Yannis Tzioumakis, 2013
2
Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever
Also through Shelley's sensibility, Ellison began to develop a kind of ongoing
critique of hipsterism that would become the other major pole in the "adult" fiction
he was writing for the men's magazine market. In retrospect, hipsterism seems a ...
Ellen Weil, Gary K. Wolfe, 2002
3
The Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat ...
Another vital influence upon the Beat Generation was the phenomenon of
hipsterism. The earliest hipsters seem to have appeared in the jazz clubs and
teapads of Harlem in the late 1920s, though the hipster identity is perhaps as old
as jazz ...
4
In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition
'Round the Five Spot The flipside of fetishistic white hipsterism's recourse to black
authenticity is a white avant-gardism whose seriousness requires either an active
forgetting of black performances or a relegation of them to mere source ...
5
Reconstructing the Beats
Similarly, Clyde Taylor describes “hipsterism” as “a counter-assertion to brand-
name, white values and the conformism of middle America” (113). Such claims,
meant less to affirm Mailer's arguments than to celebrate the oppositional hipster
...
6
Han Shan, Chan Buddhism and Gary Snyder's Ecopoetic Way
Hipsterism and Buddhism are the two complementary strands of influences upon
the early Beats. The term [hipsterism] derives from the slang word hip or hep,
meaning knowledge or awareness; [...] Hipsters originally consisted of jazz ...
7
Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International ...
To borrow language from Norman Mailer's often troubling account of hipsterism
in the 19505, this was a “postwar generation” of US diplomacy dominated by
white officials but drawing on “the source of Hip”—“the Negro for he has been
living ...
Brian Russell Roberts, 2013
8
Trendspotting-The Basics
Yet many trendspotters are seduced by the siren call of the cool and deaf to the
warnings of the master Yoda: “lnsecurity is the path to the cool side. lnsecurity
leads to hipsterism. Hipsterism leads to arrogance. Arrogance leads to suffering.
Alf Rehn, Magnus Lindkvist, 2013
9
The Paul Goodman Reader
An alternative philosophy that has recommended itself to some older adolescents
is hipsterism. A hipster cushions the crushing defeat by society by playing
convenient roles in the dominant system, including its underworld, to manipulate
it for ...
Paul Goodman, Taylor Stoehr, 2010
10
On Bohemia: The Code of the Self-Exiled
The reason I bring this up is that the spirit of hipsterism and the Beat Generation
strikes me as the same spirit which animates the young savages in leather
jackets who have been running amuck in the last few years with their switch-
blades ...
César Graña, Marigay Graña, 1990
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIPSTERISM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hipsterism is used in the context of the following news items.
New Clip and Viral Videos from Ant-Man Showcase Action …
... it being an imperfect but perfectly charming superhero movie, with all of the Marvel trademarks and just a little bit of Edgar Wright's hipsterism. «Outer Places, Jul 15»
The 5 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: 'While We're Young …
... Baumbach constructs a brutally funny and frequently scathing attack on bohemia in general and Brooklyn hipsterism in particular, managing ... «Flavorwire, Jun 15»
Reclaiming the road trip: A drive through Indiana and Kentucky
It was a good indicator of the city's self-conscious, newly minted hipsterism, and it was also highly amusing. We wondered if a patchwork tent ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
Change Your Job, Change your Life
Far from being a fad, hipsterism is actually a step in the evolution of mankind. That cartoon drawing showing the progress from ape, through ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Arlington Sun Gazette Highs & Lows, 6/25/15 edition
Lordy, lordy, that phrase sounds like the spawn of an unholy marriage between retro-1960s hipsterism and Millennial marketing mumbo-jumbo. «Inside NoVA, Jun 15»
Canada's 79 days of summer: Here's your coast-to-coast to-do list
June 28: What do you get when a Game of Thrones live-action role-playing game unfolds in the epicentre of Toronto hipsterism, a.k.a. Trinity ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
String of pearls
For more hipsterism, check out still-new Curio, a craft cocktail bar led by mixologist Travis Owens. Retro and steampunky, with a hip vibe (and ... «Dallas Voice, Jun 15»
'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl': indie charmer or hipster pretender?
... Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's adaptation of Jesse Andrews's 2012 young adult novel seems to be a teeth-gritting exercise in faux-indie hipsterism, ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Thelonius Monk. Hipster? Sure. Why not?
The jazzcats may not have invented hipsterism per se, but the odds are good that they named it, probably so they had something to call people ... «San Diego Reader, Jun 15»
Face It: It's no longer hip to be a hipster
... like the rest of me, wouldn't have rated in the heady days of hipsterism. Hipsters themselves might have scorned me as a yuppie," he said. «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
