Originally, the term "hipster" referred to "a figure of the black subculture of the late 1940s" (Mourning 7), and became "The White Negro" ( Mourning 7) who listens to Jazz in the 1950s. This term has gone through many phases and transitions over time. Dick Hebdige states: "Subcultures represent 'noise' (as opposed to sound): interference in the orderly sequence that leads from real events and phenomena to their representation in the media" (Hebdige 90). In the past, hipsters were localized and belonged to a subculture; however, now my perception of hipsters has expanded into a global "imagined community" with many localized subcultures within it. Not only has the structure of their community transition progressed, but the characteristics of hipsters have also progressed because, as Gertrude Stein says, “Every generation has something different to look at.” (Stein). As with any subculture, there are signs and signifiers that distinguish a subculture, these signs and signifiers correspond respectively to the style and mentality of that subculture. Mainstream culture considers "hipsterism" more of a style than a state of mind when asked to define a hipster, while people I perceive as hipsters think of "hipsterism", as stated a hipster, “more like an attitude than a style”. “A sign of being a hipster can be an interest in art and certain genres of music they listen to; these genres include folk, indie rock, and jazz. Normative people aren't as quick to judge someone as a hipster when they find out someone listens to non-normative music or is interested in art. Hipsters are associated with having a degree in a certain type of artistic field. When visiting so called hipster cafes the music playing was more... middle of paper...... a hipster side actually, hipsters in denial or is there a completely separate entity that the mainstream world has yet to see who hipsters really are? Works Cited Anderson, Benedict. “Chapter 3.” Imagined communities. New York: Verso, 1991. 37-46. Print.Geertz, Clifford. Interpretations of cultures: selected essays. New York, NY: Basic, 1973. Print. Grief, Mark, Kathleen Ross and Dayna Tortorici, eds. Who was the hipster? A sociological investigation. Comp. Avner Davis. Brooklyn, New York: N+1 Foundation, 2010. Print. Hebdige, Dick. Subculture, sense of style. London: Methuen, 1979. Print. Said, Edward W. Orientalism. London: Penguin, 1978. Print. Sardar, Ziauddin and Loon Borin Van. Presentation of cultural studies. London: Icon, 1997. Print. Stein, Gertrude. “Composition as Explanation (1925).” Poetry Foundation. Np, February 15, 2010. Web.