Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub

  Contents
  Acknowledgments

 expand section1. Blue Sky in the Morning
 expand section2. Logging On
 collapse section3. Mudding History and Subcultures
 MUDS AND THE “SURLY GANG”
 ROLE PLAYING VERSUS IDENTITY CONTINUITY
 FURRIES VERSUS THE SURLY GANG:  BLUESKY AND OTHER MUD SUBCULTURES
 PROGRAMMED OBJECTS AND MUD CULTURE
 DOING POLLS, ROLL CALLS, AND QUOTE FESTS
 RUNNING A MUD
 expand section4. Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room
 expand section5. Identity Crises
 expand section6. Computer-Mediated Relationships
 expand section7. Class, Race, and Online Participation
  8. Hungover in the Virtual Pub

  Epilogue
  Appendix A
 expand sectionAppendix B
  Appendix C
 expand sectionNotes
  Glossary
  References
  Index

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