Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / Benjamin Woo.
Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / Benjamin Woo.
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Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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G 2020/0742
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 world...
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Publisher
Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Québec (Province)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"Comic-book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today's pop-culture landscape, and the people who we used to deride as "nerds" or "geeks" have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it's finally hip to be square. Yet these conventionalized representations of...
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Full title
Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / Benjamin Woo.
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Social worlds of geek culture
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-256) and index.
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Woo, Benjamin, author. Getting a life.: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018. (CaOONL)20179061003
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©2018
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G 2020/0742
Record Identifier
74VKaZLRmGDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZLRmGDO
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ISBN
0773552847 (cloth)
9780773552845 (cloth)
DDC
306.1
MMS ID
991024291010002626
