Reddit reviews What Was The Hipster?: A Sociological Investigation
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and even in 2010 there was a book out titled What Was the Hipster, as though it had already long died.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Was-Hipster-Sociological-Investigation/dp/0982597711
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It's not just about stereotyping though. It is so much bigger than that. Mark Grief writes about this a little bit:
>Bourdieu shows us that taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit...Those below us economically, the reasoning goes, don’t appreciate what we do; similarly, they couldn’t fill our jobs, handle our wealth or survive our difficulties.
I'm doing a piss poor job of explaining ideas of cultural capitol, but give this a read if you have time: http://www.brockport.edu/sociology/faculty/Cultural_Capital.pdf