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Nugent, Benjamin

 
9780743288026: American Nerd: The Story of My People
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ISBN 10: 0743288025 ISBN 13: 9780743288026
Editorial: Scribner, 2009

Sinopsis

“One of the season’s most talked about cultural studies” (Los Angeles Times)—an incisive and irreverent appreciation of nerds that combines history, sociology, psychology, and memoir from noted journalist and self-proclaimed nerd Ben Nugent.

Most people know a nerd when they see one, but yet can’t define just what a nerd is exactly. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives readers the history of the concept of nerdiness and its related subcultures. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal nerd? Where did the modern jock come from? When and how did being a self-described nerd become trendy? As the nerd emerged in the nineteenth century, and popped up again and again in college humor journals and sketch comedy, our culture obsessed over the phenomenon.

“Part history, part memoir, and all funny” (GQ), American Nerd is critically acclaimed writer Benjamin Nugent’s entertaining fact-finding mission. He seeks the best definition of nerd and illuminates the common ground between nerd subcultures that might seem unrelated: high-school debate team kids and ham radio enthusiasts, medieval reenactors and pro-circuit videogame players. Why do the same people who like to work with computers also enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons? How are those activities similar? This clever, enlightening book will appeal to the nerd (and anti-nerd) that lives inside everyone.

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Acerca del autor

Benjamin Nugent joined the staff of Time magazine as an arts and pop culture reporter at the age of twenty- two. He’s written for numerous publica- tions, including New York magazine, n+1, NME, and Legal Affairs. His first book, Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing, a study of the indie rock musician, was published in 2004. He lives in Los Angeles. He was a nerdy child.

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Editorial
Scribner
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0743288025
ISBN 13 
9780743288026
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
256
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