Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
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Adler Bill <1957->
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| Titolo: |
Boys and their toys [[electronic resource] ] : understanding men by understanding their relationship with gadgets / / Bill Adler, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : AMACOM, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 155.3/32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Men - Psychology |
| Men - Effect of technological innovations on | |
| Men - Recreation - Psychological aspects | |
| Recreation - Equipment and supplies - Psychological aspects | |
| Household electronics - Psychological aspects | |
| Technology - Psychological aspects | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- How to pick (or adapt to) your man based on what kind of toy he wants -- Toys lure in women, just like good worms lure in fish -- Toys prevent boredom and thus prevent insanity (on the part of everyone that bored guys come into contact with) -- Men need to be spontaneous, and toys offer a safe way to maintain their youthful spontaneity -- Gadgets prevent infidelity -- Men hate ambiguity -- Protector toys: how guys expose their nurturing side through technology, even if they don't know it -- Toys help relieve stress in men - they really do -- The whole midlife crisis thing and gadgets -- Girls and their curls: women like stuff, too, and what this means for men -- The dark side: men use gadgets to fend off meaningful conversations and emotional entanglements -- For some men, gadgets are a substitute for watching sports 24/7: there really is no such thing as a non-gadget guy (and you should be so lucky to be married to this kind of man) -- The meaning of BlackBerry -- The Wile E. Coyote phenomenon: why are men undeterred by gadget failure? -- Postscript. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Boys and their toys |
| ISBN: | 1-281-12839-2 |
| 9786611128395 | |
| 0-8144-2973-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777602803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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