- Author:
- Lori Kendall
From the Publisher: Hanging Out at the Virtual Pub provides a richly detailed and theoretically mediated understanding of genders significance in online-game playing. This examination of the behavior of educated techno-elites helps us understand communities and larger social trends. Kendalls 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 Mens Friendships:Invincible Communities Author Biography:Lori Kendall is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purchase College—State University of New York.