An analysis of the hipster (sub)culture and Its reflection in HBO’s TV series girls

According to the casting call posted by Lena Dunham at Backstage.com, one feels tempted to classify the TV series Girls as a hipster show automatically. In fact, this is what its creators and producers have been trying to do since its premiere. This association with this alternative subculture was also emphasized by the differences that the new program presented with respect to its predecessor, Sex in the City. In contrast to its snob protagonists, Girls major characters are designed to give the impression of sharing the characteristics that are considered essential in hipsters, as I will demonstrate. Thus, Hannah Horvath, the protagonist, proclaims herself as "the voice of her generation" in the pilot; and its creators, especially she, try to give that voice hipster-like tones. However, as Michael Scott clearly asserts, "'hipster' and 'hipsterism' are notoriously difficult to define". Notwithstanding this complexity and, in connection with the methodology that I follow in this work, it is my aim to use a solid theoretical background to analyze, first, the features present in Girls that might be connected to its hipster nature; then, I will study their authenticity, with the objective of reflecting on the reasons why those elements might have been used by its creators, to see if they are connected to capitalist economic interests, which is one of my hypotheses. The conclusions of this paper will show the results of the above mentioned analysis. As there are not many academic studies on the hipster and the hipster culture as relevant specialists recognise (e.g.: Schiermer 168), the analysis that I propose here is quite original and necessary. Even more so, if we take into account the fact that most definitions of hipsters are centered on male ones, but little attention is given to female hipsters. Lena Dunham helps to eliminate this stereotype as well as others connected to this type of alternative people (not without controversy).Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

La dimensión ambiental de las relaciones internacionales

Conferencia de Dª Cristina Narbona, ministra de Medio Ambiente, en el Real Instituto Elcano el 12 de septiembre de 2006

Más allá de la sintaxis

En 1978 abría mi reseña de Cláusulas y oraciones con estas palabras: “Quizá no exista un ámbito de nuestros estudios gramaticales más necesitado de orden, claridad y savia fresca que el referente a la sintaxis oracional. Este libro de Guillermo Rojo pone mucho de todo ello, por más que su intención expresa se oriente sólo a conseguir lo primero”. Cinco años después, y a propósito de Aspectos básicos de sintaxis funcional, escribí: “resulta preciso de vez en cuando retomar las cuestiones desde su raíz, recuperarlas, despojarlas de la hojarasca y limpiarles el polvo acumulado, y nadie mejor que Rojo ―que tantas pruebas ha dado ya de clarividencia― para intentarlo”. He querido recordar en este más que merecido homenaje el interés y la admiración que en mí despertaron sus trabajos desde el principio, a lo que pronto se sumó la amistad personal. Lo uno y lo otro no han cesado de aumentar

How to be Trustworthy, by Katherine Hawley, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019,161 p., $35.00 ISBN 0198843909

In a global and interconnected society that shares questions and abounds in solutions, the question is not only what to trust, but also who to trust. This problem has become particularly acute as a..

Digital leadership, Twitter and Pope Francis

AbstractThe Internet reproduces and strengthens our model of social dialog. Just as in the physical world, the online public conversation and, above all, the ideological debate, requires leaders who can be a point of reference to either foster values or contradict them. The concept of leadership has drawn the attention of several studies concerning communication management. Leaders are neither all equal nor do they exercise leadership by means of the same tools. This article studies both the concept of digital leadership as a guide for online conversation and the use that microblogs, such as Twitter, can provide for this purpose. Among several public figures using Twitter, we have focused our study on the @Pontifex account to have an insight into the type of leadership exercised by the Holy Father and the impact of his teaching. The analysis shows that the Pope uses Twitter for catechetical purposes and that he is aware that his message can reach a large audience. Moreover, although interaction between th..