{"product_id":"geek-and-hacker-stories-brian-alleyne-9781349958184","title":"Geek and Hacker Stories: Code, Culture and Storytelling from the Technosphere","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeeks, hackers and gamers share a common 'geek culture', whose members are defined and define themselves mainly in terms of technology and rationality. The members of geek culture produce and circulate stories to express who they are and to explain and justify what they do. Geek storytelling draws on plots and themes from the wider social and cultural context in which geeks live. The author surveys many stories of heated exchanges and techno-tribal conflicts that date back to the earliest days of personal computing, which construct the \"self\" and the \"enemy\", and express and debate a range of political positions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeek and Hacker Stories will be of interest to students of digital social science and media studies. Both geeky and non-technical readers will find something of value in this account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Alleyne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1349958182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349958184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave Pivot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d","brand":"Brian Alleyne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088083235071,"sku":"9781349958184","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b4d8f87-da53-4af9-8be8-8351be3f432c.jpg?v=1769103012","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/geek-and-hacker-stories-brian-alleyne-9781349958184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}