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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

4. Changing Faces: Exploring Depictions of Geeks in Various Texts

Author : Kathleen M. Earnest

Published in: Age of the Geek

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

A case study by John Katz—Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho—traces the lived experiences of Jesse Dailey and Eric Twilegar, self-taught techies in the late 1990s. Humorous portrayals in popular television series describe scientist/technology nerds in The Big Bang Theory and Scorpion, while other depictions seem to reveal a darker character—Patrick Jane, The Mentalist; Sherlock Holmes, Elementary; and Mr. Finch and John Reese, Person of Interest—turning geek to an older definition, that of a performer who takes extreme actions for effect. Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life and Storey’s Cultural Theory and Popular Culture provide additional lenses for analysis.

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Metadata
Title
Changing Faces: Exploring Depictions of Geeks in Various Texts
Author
Kathleen M. Earnest
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Age of the Geek

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65743-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-65744-8

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65744-8_4