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"Whether you wear your flannel and American Apparel with pride or have always wondered just who Cory Kennedy is exactly, you're sure to get a kick out of What Was The Hipster?: A Sociological Investigation, a breakdown of the \"It\" crowd of the new millennium. If I say the word \"hipster,\" what comes to mind? Buffalo plaid? Ironic tees? Polaroid pictures of impossibly skinny girls? The chillwave band of the week? Probably this and so much more. But what really constitutes this elusive hipster? Is it just about an anti-fashion fashion statement? Does music snobbery come into play? Does being a hipster involve a certain personality type? Or does the word simply constitute all things cool? If all of the above is true, then why do so many young people shun the term?\n\nThe folks over at n+1 magazine decided to answer these questions once and for all in a panel discussion at the New School back in the spring of 2009. Their skinny jeans pocket-size text What Was the Hipster?: A Sociological Investigation includes the transcript of that panel, a collection of responses, and a section of essays all pertaining to the topic of the \"hipster.\" While the exact definition of this sometimes-adjective, sometimes-noun may still remain elusive to some, essays with alliterative titles ranging from \"Hip-Hop and Hipsterism\" to the \"Hipster Feminine\" provide thorough analysis of this wave of artsy-trendy teens and 20-somethings who seem to be controlling the street trends. So whether you wear your flannel and American Apparel with pride or have always wondered just who Cory Kennedy is exactly, you're sure to get a kick out of this breakdown of the It crowd of the new millennium.\n\nWhat Was the Hipster?, $10. nplusonemag.com.\n\n--COURTENAY PHILBRICK"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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