Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; Appendix: Participant Profiles; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary
What the ""triumph of the nerds"" can tell us about the place of media in people's lives
