Aesthetics, performativity and resistance in the narratives of a computer programming community

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 753-782

  Case, Peter ^a   Piñeiro, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Industrial Management   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Computer programmers; Cyberculture; Narrative; Performativity; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745624820     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706066853     Document Type: Article

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