Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture

by Benjamin Woo

"Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today's pop-culture landscape, and the people we used to deride as "nerds" or "geeks" have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it's finally hip to be square. Yet these conventionalized representations of geek culture typically ignore the real people who have invested time and resources to make it what it is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773552847
• ISBN13: 9780773552845
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"