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Kendall, Lori,

Hanging out in the virtual pub : masculinities and relationships online / Lori Kendall. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002. - viii, 301 p.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii -- i. Blue Sky in the Morning I -- 2. Logging On: An Introduction to BlueSky 14 -- 3. Mudding History and Subcultures 40 -- 4. Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room: -- BlueSky as a Masculine Space 71 -- 5. Identity Crises 109 -- 6. Computer-Mediated Relationships 139 -- 7. Class, Race, and Online Participation 180 -- 8. Hungover in the Virtual Pub: -- Power and Identity Online 217 -- Epilogue: The "Where Are They Now?" FAQ 227 -- Appendix A: Basic Mud Commands 229 -- Appendix B: "Mudders in the Mist": Ethnography in a -- "Partly Compatible" Setting 233 -- Appendix C: Unedited BlueSky Log from October 8, -- 1996 247 -- Notes 255 -- Glossary 265 -- References 277 -- Index 289. HKBU library

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ISBN: 0520230361 0520230388 9780520230361 9780520230385

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet--Social aspects.
Multi-user dungeons--Social aspects.
Social interaction.
Interpersonal relations.
Online identities.
Men--Identity.
Masculinity.

LC Class. No.: HM851 / K33 H 2002