Research Catalog

Title

The geeks shall inherit the Earth : popularity, quirk theory, and why outsiders thrive after high school / Alexandra Robbins.

Author

Robbins, Alexandra, 1976-

Publication

New York : Hyperion, 2011.

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Details

Subject

• Group identity
• Conformity
• Social isolation
• Middle school students
• High school students

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-433).

System Details (note)

• Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4599 KB).

Contents

Meet the cafeteria fringe -- Late summer to early fall: the popularity myth. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity -- Why are popular people mean? -- Fall: why quirk theory works. In the shadow of the freak tree -- It's good to be the cafeteria fringe -- Winter: outcast profiling and other dangers. Challenges -- Misperceptions -- Late winter to early spring: being excluded doesn't mean that anything's wrong with you. A brief introduction to group psychology -- Why labels stick: the motivations of the normal police -- Spring: quirk theory's origins: why these issues are hardest in school. Changing perceptions -- Two steps forward, one step back -- Late spring to early summer: popular vs. outcast. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness -- The rise of the cafeteria fringe -- Cafeteria fringe: lucky and free.

ISBN

• 9781401302023 (hbk.)
• 1401302025 (hbk.)
• 9781401303778 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
• 1401303773 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)

LCCN

2011002181

OCLC

• ocn641534585
• SCSB-8804301

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library