Nerds, Geeks, and the Hip/Square dialectic in contemporary television

Television and New Media

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-482

  Quail, Christine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

chic; geek; gender; hip; masculinity; nerd; race; reality television; sexuality; square

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052507547     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: 15528316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527476410385476     Document Type: Article

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