Getting a life the social worlds of geek culture

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: buil...

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1. Verfasser:	Woo, Benjamin (VerfasserIn)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Montreal, Kingston, London, Chicago McGill-Queen's University Press 2018
Schlagworte:	Subculture > Fans (Persons) > Individuality > Mass media and culture > Popular culture > Computerfreak > Subkultur > Massenmedien
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
Beschreibung:	viii, 268 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780773552845 978-0-7735-5284-5 0773552847 0-7735-5284-7