Kate Stevens

Freak Nation (eBook, ePUB)

A Field Guide to 101 of the Most Odd, Extreme, and Outrageous American Subcultures

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Vegans. Skateboarders. Trekkies. The Cult of the Individual is alive and well and expressing itself all over America--and this book proves it. With this enlightening (and sometimes frightening) field guide, you'll delve into the customs, mores, and motivations behind every type of fan, geek, and superfreak, including:

Swingers

Hackers

Dungeon Masters

Happening Artists

Cryptozoologists

Utopians

Bohemians

Shriners

Oenophiles

Deadheads
From music to food, sports to fashion, there are people who take their "hobbies" to an extreme the rest of us can only imagine. With this book, you'll get a bird's-eye view of these hobbies gone wild--from sea to shining sea!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440510069
• Artikelnr.: 38303157

Autorenporträt

Kate Stevens uses a pen name to protect the innocent, but she is no stranger to the weird and wonderful fringe of American culture. She's written everything from books on sex to career guides to articles for The Christian Science Monitor.