Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii -- i. Blue Sky in the Morning I -- 2. Logging On: An Introduction to BlueSky 14 -- 3. Mudding History and Subcultures 40 -- 4. Hanging Out in the Virtual Locker Room: -- BlueSky as a Masculine Space 71 -- 5. Identity Crises 109 -- 6. Computer-Mediated Relationships 139 -- 7. Class, Race, and Online Participation 180 -- 8. Hungover in the Virtual Pub: -- Power and Identity Online 217 -- Epilogue: The "Where Are They Now?" FAQ 227 -- Appendix A: Basic Mud Commands 229 -- Appendix B: "Mudders in the Mist": Ethnography in a -- "Partly Compatible" Setting 233 -- Appendix C: Unedited BlueSky Log from October 8, -- 1996 247 -- Notes 255 -- Glossary 265 -- References 277 -- Index 289
Lori Kendall is one of the first to explore the brave new world of social relations as they have evolved on the Internet. In this highly readable ethnography, she examines how men and women negotiate their gender roles on an online forum she calls BlueSky
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