“Oh No! I'm a Nerd!”: Hegemonic Masculinity on an Online Forum Export

@article{citeulike:3452204, abstract = {In this article, the author presents findings based on her research on BlueSky, an online interactive text-based forum. She discusses Blue Sky participants' online performances of gendered and raced identities. Participants interpret their own and others' identities within the context of expectations and assumptions derived from offline U.S. culture, as well as from their membership in various computer-related subcultures. Given the predominance of white men on BlueSky, such identity interpretations also rely on expectations concerning masculinity and whiteness. The author explores BlueSky participants' understandings of themselves as "nerds" and considers the implications of this nerd identity for their relationship to hegemonic masculinity, especially to expectations of heterosexuality. Analyzing online identity performances in this way provides information pertaining not just to online interaction but to a better understanding of the social construction of gendered and raced identities more generally.}, author = {Kendall, Lori}, citeulike-article-id = {3452204}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/190274}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/190274}, doi = {10.2307/190274}, issn = {08912432}, journal = {Gender and Society}, keywords = {cultural-studies, forum, gender, hegenomy, masculinities, nerds, online-communities}, number = {2}, pages = {256--274}, posted-at = {2009-10-27 15:44:11}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Sage Publications, Inc.}, title = { ” Oh No! I'm a Nerd!”: Hegemonic Masculinity on an Online Forum}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/190274}, volume = {14}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3452204 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3452204 N2 - In this article, the author presents findings based on her research on BlueSky, an online interactive text-based forum. She discusses Blue Sky participants' online performances of gendered and raced identities. Participants interpret their own and others' identities within the context of expectations and assumptions derived from offline U.S. culture, as well as from their membership in various computer-related subcultures. Given the predominance of white men on BlueSky, such identity interpretations also rely on expectations concerning masculinity and whiteness. The author explores BlueSky participants' understandings of themselves as "nerds" and considers the implications of this nerd identity for their relationship to hegemonic masculinity, especially to expectations of heterosexuality. Analyzing online identity performances in this way provides information pertaining not just to online interaction but to a better understanding of the social construction of gendered and raced identities more generally. IS - 2 JF - Gender and Society SN - 08912432 EP - 274 TI - “Oh No! I'm a Nerd!”: Hegemonic Masculinity on an Online Forum PB - Sage Publications, Inc. VL - 14 SP - 256 KW - cultural-studies KW - forum KW - gender KW - hegenomy KW - masculinities KW - nerds KW - online-communities AU - Kendall, Lori PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/190274 ER -