Reflections on Hipsterism
A published exchange on "The White Negro" (57.1): critiques by Jean Malaquais and Ned Polsky, with Mailer's counterpoint. The most common reprint companion to The White Negro.
“Reflections on Hipsterism.” Dissent 5 (winter 1958), 73–81.
A response to “The White Negro” (57.1) by Jean Malaquais and Ned Polsky, printed with Mailer’s counterpoint defending and extending his account of the hipster.
Rpt: as “Reflections on Hip” in 59.8a and in Advertisements for Myself (59.13).
Related pages
- 1958 | Dissent | The White Negro | Hipster
- The White Negro (City Lights pamphlet) (59.8a) | Advertisements for Myself (59.13)