- Hardcover: 310 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press (2 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520230361
- ISBN-13: 978-0520230361
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,815,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Hanging Out at the Virtual Pub provides a richly detailed and theoretically mediated understanding of gender's significance in online-game playing. This examination of the behavior of educated techno-elites helps us understand communities and larger social trends. Kendall's vision is neither utopian nor dystopian. People will buy this timely book."-Anita Allen, professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania; "This wonderful book is readable, enjoyable, and lively, providing a fascinating look into a world not known by many. It will appeal to those who have interests in computers and the friendship communities that evolve in cyberspace, as well as to those working on gender and race issues."-Peter Nardi, author of Gay Men's Friendships: Invincible Communities
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Lori Kendall explores the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the internet. In this detailed ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky. The result is a comprehensive 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. Despite the common assumption that the personas these men and women craft for themselves bear little resemblance to reality, Kendall discovers that the habitues of BlueSky stick surprisingly close to the facts of their actual lives and personalities.
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