Wildmen on the Cyberfrontier
The Computer Geek as an Iteration in the American Wildman Lore Cycle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8935168 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua Blu Buhs (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-80 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00155870903482015 |
| OpenAlex | W1592349419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper argues that the image of the computer geek that took shape around the turn of the twenty-first century borrowed elements from earlier American constructions of the wildman. In particular, the geek, like prior wildmen, compressed ideas about four conflicting values: liberty and danger, authenticity and fakery
Art · Geek · Media studies · Sociology · Art, Technology, and Culture · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Digital Games and Media · History
Rudeness & civility
Confidence Men and Painted Women
Ancestral Images
The Virtual Community
Biographies of scientific objects
The Dignity of Working Men
America's Working Man
Children and Society
The Second Self
The Dignity of Working Men
From Counterculture to Cyberculture
The Hacker Crackdown
The Monsters Next Door
White Collar Sweatshop
The Cuckoo's Egg
The Arts of Deception
Creating the Modern Man
Creating the Modern Man
Clap if You Believe in Sherlock Holmes’
Four Walling Exhibition
Images of the Wildman Inside and Outside Europe
Unknown Hominids and New World Legends
The Joy in Believing
Race, Sex, and Nerds
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |