Hipster types from Can Arslan
Friday, March 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
history of the hipster
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Lesson 2 (homework)
During the 1990s, some people argued that youth culture in the United States lacked a steady footing particularly in relation to music. This was because the industry became increasingly commercialised. Although artists like Mariah Carey and the Backstreet Boys were hugely successful commercially, most would agree that they didn't create any sense of a 'movement.' Their fans held no clear fashions or trends, unlike earlier subcultures such as the Teddy Boys, Mods and Punks of Britain. In the early part of the 20th century, subcultures were mostly informal groupings of like-minded individuals with the same views or lifestyle.
In the 1920s, American jazz music and motor cars were at the centre of a European subculture which began to break the rules of social etiquette and the class system. In America, the same "flaming youth" subculture was "running wild" but with the added complication of alcohol prohibition. Canada had prohibition in some areas, but for the most part, thirsty Americans coming over the border found an oasis. As a result, smuggling escalated as crime gangs became organized. In the southern United States, Mexico and Cuba were popular with drinkers. Therefore a drinking subculture grew in size and a crime subculture grew along with it. Other drugs were used as alternatives to alcohol. When prohibition ended, the subculture of drink, drugs and jazz did not disappear, and neither did the gangsters.
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