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The Rise of Geek Chic: An Analysis of Nerd Identity in a Post-Cult Market

This project is an analytical history of the discourse of media panics that have affected comics-like forms in the mid- to late-1800s, comic books in the mid-1900s, and comics media in 1990s and the contemporary moment. The study of these media panics shapes a theory of nerd culture in general and comics culture specifically in order to better understand the delicate and foundational dialectic that sustains a consumer identity that is paradoxical in its indulgence in and animosity towards popular culture. With its historical formation in mind, this project explores the formation of geek chic as a consumer identity that, in many ways, troubles and even threatens the status quo of nerd culture.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/626700
Date January 2017
CreatorsReynolds, Renee H., Reynolds, Renee H.
ContributorsMcAllister, Kenneth, McAllister, Kenneth, Licona, Adela, Cardenas, Maritza
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typetext, Electronic Dissertation
RightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.

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