Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / Benjamin Woo.

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Woo, Benjamin [Author]

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online resource

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9780773552951
9780773552968

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HM646 .G488 2018

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Subject: What the ""triumph of the nerds"" can tell us about the place of media in people's lives.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""What Is a Nerd?; 1 Talk Nerdy to Me: The Meaning of Geek Culture; 2 Taking Geek Culture Seriously: A Practice-Theoretic Account; 3 Values and Virtues: What Is Best in Life?; 4 Careers: Boldly Going On; 5 Making Communities from Mass Culture; 6 Institutions: Building Worlds between Production and Consumption; 7 The Limits of Participation; 8 The Geek, the Bad, and the Ugly; Conclusion; Appendix: Participant Profiles; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z.

What the ""triumph of the nerds"" can tell us about the place of media in people's lives.

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