Abstract
Printed T-shirts are the characteristic garment, risen to the role of distinctive “uniform”, used by one of the most representative socio-cultural phenomenon of the latest years: nerds. Rather than the style of the garment, more than its aesthetic dimension, I focus on T-shirt explicit semiotic content.
This paper aims to show how nerds could be considered as a universal cultural field based on consumption practices. How a label once considered a stigma became something to be proud of. How the choice of clothing becomes a complex tool for identity construction and community making.
Keywords: Mass Culture, Communication, Community, Cinema, Comics, Television, Fandom.
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Abstract
References
- Anderson, C. (2006). The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. New York: Hyperion
- Baudrillard, J. (1968). Le Système des Objets. Paris: Gallimard.
- Bourdieu, P. (1979). La Distinction. Critique Sociale du Jugement. Paris: Editions de Minuit.
- Boyd, D. (2008). Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics. PhD Dissertation. University of California-Berkeley, School of Information.
- Brancato, S. (2010). La Forma Fluida del Mondo - Sociologia Delle Narrazioni Audiovisive Tra Film e Telefilm. Ipermedium Libri.
- Buckingham, D. (2008). Youth, Identity, and Digital Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Certeau, M. (1980). Arts de faire. (L'Invention du quotidien). Paris: Union Générale d'éditions.
- Kendall L., (2011). ““White and Nerdy”: Computers, Race, and the Nerd Stereotype”. The Journal of Popular Culture. 44 (3).
- Morin, E. (1962). L’esprit du Temps. Paris; Éditions Grasset
- Nugent, B. (2008). American Nerd: The Story of My People. New York: Simon and Schuster.
- Simmel, G. (1905). Philosophie der Mode. Berlin: Pan-Verlag.
- Tocci, J. (2009). Geek Cultures: Media and Identity in the Digital Age. Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. Paper, 953
- Tonnies, F. (1887). Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Abhandlung des Communismus und des Socialismus als empirischer Culturformen. , Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
- Veblen, T. (1899). The Theory of the Leisure Class. New York: The New American Library.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | August 31, 2015 |
| Submission Date | August 30, 2015 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2015 |
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