“The White Negro” Revisited

The Demise of the Indispensable Hipster

Authors

  • Tracy Dahlby University of Texas at Austin Author

Keywords:

"The White Negro", hipster culture and counterculture, nonconformity and rebellion, American existentialism, digital age and social media, American cultural criticism

Abstract

An investigation of Mailer’s hipster formula, derived from “The White Negro,” and its interconnections to the complex cultural tapestry of American history.

Author Biography

  • Tracy Dahlby, University of Texas at Austin

    Tracy Dahlby is a professor and the Frank A. Bennack Jr. Chair in Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. A career foreign correspondent, he is the author of Allah’s Torch: A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia’s War on Terror. He also helped direct The Fifties, a 1997 documentary series for television based on the book by author David Halberstam.

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Published

2026-06-16

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): Norris Mailer: A Life in Words

Section

Articles