Wildmen on the cyberfrontier: The computer geek as an iteration in the american wildman lore cycle

Folklore

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-80

  Blu Buhs, Joshua ^a  

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EID: 77950287580     PISSN: 0015587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00155870903482015     Document Type: Article

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