Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / / Benjamin Woo
| Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / / Benjamin Woo |
| Autore | Woo Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 301.22 |
| Soggetto topico | Subculture - United States |
| ISBN |
0-7735-5296-0
0-7735-5295-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796596703321 |
Woo Benjamin
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| Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / / Benjamin Woo
| Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / / Benjamin Woo |
| Autore | Woo Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 301.22 |
| Soggetto topico | Subculture - United States |
| ISBN |
0-7735-5296-0
0-7735-5295-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810828403321 |
Woo Benjamin
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| Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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