subculture

Joseph Earl Thomas writes a coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture.

"A . . . memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.

"Narumi Momose has had it rough: every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: why doesn't she just date him instead?"--Back cover.

Argues that the influences of the 1960s in helping the poor has adversely affected the people who were presumably being helped.

Examines the underlying issues surrounding the controversies related to hip hop music, including violence, racism, sexism, gangs, and equality.

Examines the lives of ordinary Russians in Chelyabinsk, an aging military-industrial center that is home to the Russian nuclear program, charting the social and political aftershocks of the USSR's collapse.

Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals personal stories of working class Americans, including coal miners, cowboys, and air traffic controllers.

Examines the phenomenon of "mo?"--the sense of emotional attachment that fans of manga and anime have to their favorite characters--and how it has been a driving force in the international growth of the popularity of Japanese manga and anime. Discusses the earliest mo? characters and how they influenced a generation of manga artists, what constitutes an ideal mo? relationship, and why some fans go as far as marrying their mo? sweethearts.