American Nerd ─ The Story of My People

ISBN13：9780743288026
出版社：Scribner
作者：Benjamin Nugent
出版日：2009/06/02
裝訂／頁數：平裝／224頁
規格：21.6cm*14.0cm*1.9cm (高/寬/厚)
關鍵字： American Nerd ─ The Story of My People、 American、 Nerd、 The、 Story、 of、 My、 People、 Scribner、 Benjamin Nugent、外文書、人文社科、社會科學、 Sociology & anthropology、

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Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. 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, vaguely formed, in the nineteenth century, and popped up again and again in college humor journals and sketch comedy, our culture obsessed over the designation.

Mixing research and reportage with autobiography, critically acclaimed writer Benjamin Nugent embarks on a fact-finding mission of the most entertaining variety. 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 Halo 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 antinerd) that lives inside all of us.

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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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