"White and Nerdy": Computers, Race, and the Nerd Stereotype

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 505-524

  Kendall, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 79957959118     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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