{"product_id":"age-of-the-geek-depictions-of-nerds-and-geeks-in-popular-media-9783319880969","title":"Age of the Geek: Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media","description":"\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: How Was the Nerd or Geek Born?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: What Did You Call Me?: Defining Geekdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: A Nerd, A Geek, and a Hipster Walk Into a Bar...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Mediagasms, Ironic Nerds, and Mainstream Geeks: A Multi-Methodological\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeographic Cluster Analysis of and on Twitter \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Changing Faces: Exploring Depictions of Geeks in Various Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: In or Out?: Defending Nerddom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Geek Metafiction: Nerds, Footnotes, and Intertextuality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: \u003ci\u003eIch Bin Ein Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e!: Geek Identity in Insider and Outsider Media\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 7: Geek Is the New Jock: The Relationship Between Geek Culture and Sports\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Geeking Out and Hulking Out: Towards an Understanding of Marvel Fan Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: I Saw It on TV: Depictions of \"Other\" Nerd\/Geek Stereotypes on Television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: How Is It Okay to be a Black Nerd?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: That Geek Look: Beauty and the Female Geek Body\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Modern Nerd: Alex Dunphy and Growing Up Geeky in \u003ci\u003eModern Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection IV: I Am A Nerd!: Depictions of the Nerd\/Geek Stereotype on Film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: From Zero to Hero and Back Again: Nerd Nobodies, Magic Makeovers, and the Power of the American Dream in Four Teen Films\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: The Geek as Rake: Roving Masculinity in Contemporary Film\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Horror of the Geek: The Nerd Archetype in Slasher Film\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Survival of the Smartest?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6104643\"\u003eKathryn E. Lane\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319880969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319880969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC022000\"\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC032000\"\u003eGender Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004060\"\u003eFilm | Genres | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn E. 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