Hanging out in the virtual pub : masculinities and relationships online / Lori Kendall.

By:

Kendall, Lori, 1958-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520935983
0520935985
0585467889
9780585467887
0520230361
9780520230361

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hanging out in the virtual pub.DDC classification:

303.48/33 22

LOC classification:

HM851 .K46 2002eb

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Contents:

Blue Sky in the Morning -- Logging On -- Mudding History and Subcultures -- Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room -- Identity Crises -- Computer-Mediated -- Relationships -- Class, Race, and Online Participation -- Hungover in the Virtual Pub.

Summary: In this ethnography, Lori Kendall examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is an analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.

In this ethnography, Lori Kendall examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is an analysis of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet-mediated communication and a study of the social and cultural effects of a medium that allows participants to assume identities of their own choosing.