A Comprehensive Guide to Identifying More than 35 Species of Urban Hipsters
Like most wildlife, Urban Hipsters offer valuable and entertaini... read full description
Like most wildlife, Urban Hipsters offer valuable and entertaini... read full description
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Dec 22, 2011
Spoonbridge
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I recall finding this slim humor book amusing while flipping through it at Barnes and Noble not long after it had been published. Being a sucker for a pseudo-field guide, I recently checked it out from the library to revisit it. Unfortunately, I have found that, unlike Lanham's “Hipster Handbook” this one has not aged well at all. While both are dated artifacts or an earlier period of pop-culture, the “Field Guide” feels a lot more mean-spirited and has less seeming understanding of the topic. O
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May 29, 2011
Christine
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Cute book, if read in small doses. The illustrations are a lot of fun, and that made me wish there were more of them in the book. Or, that the illustrations could be more detailed. I was kind of annoyed about the whole use of gender in the book, as most sections based on women were in the sorority sister-cheerleader-mom-lesbian continuum, though women are mentioned in the other chapters. Why not show one person of each gender in the illustrations? The other thing that was bothersome was the
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Jul 31, 2011
Phil
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Although it is primarily a humorous book, this actually is really interesting for someone interested in subculture studies, as I am. Obviously the notion of categorization is always problematic for subcultures because many blend into one another, giving rise to new trends and so on, a process which has been accellerated by digital media and portable electronics, but these descriptions are very interesting. Plus, unlike most legitimate sociology, this book is very funny.
Jul 13, 2010
Amanda
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My friend, Matthew, did the illustrations for this book! It's humorous! Buy it!
Jan 20, 2008
Bob
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At times this book is quite witty and insightful. At other times it can be shallow and banal.
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