Age of the Geek Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lane, Kathryn E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Popular Culture.; United States-Study and teaching.; Culture.; Gender.; Film genres.; Communication.; Popular Culture .; American Culture.; Culture and Gender.; Genre.; Media and Communication.
• Physical Description: XV, 297 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319657448
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65744-8

This collection examines the nerd and/or geek stereotype in popular culture today. Utilizing the media-film, TV, YouTube, Twitter, fiction-that often defines daily lives, the contributors interrogate what it means to be labeled a "nerd" or "geek." While the nerd/geek that is so easily recognized now is assuredly a twenty-first century construct, an examination of the terms' history brings a greater understanding of their evolution. From sports to slasher films, Age of the Geek establishes a dialogue with texts as varied as the depictions of "nerd" or "geek" stereotypes.