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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Some initial oddities to set the scene
Ambivalence and the internet
Dirt work and the “so what?” question
Situating the study
Chapter overview and a note on tone
Note
1: Folkloric Expression
The essentials of folklore
80 percent obscene and 100 percent ambivalent
Digital continuities, bawdy and rough hewn
Digital divergences and folkloric expression
Chapter overview and looking forward
Notes
2: Identity Play
Performing the self, collectively
The masks of ambivalence
Old standbys and online identity
New complications to online identity
Chapter overview and looking forward
Notes
3: Constitutive Humor
A few notes about your dad
Fetishism, generativity, and magnetism (oh my)
The magical world of the mediated play frame
Digital divergences and ethical buzzkill
Chapter overview and looking forward
4: Collective Storytelling
Stories, heteroglossia, and hybridity
Hitchhikers, hooks, and one more kidney claimed
On continuity and creepypasta
Digital divergences and runaway narratives
Chapter overview and looking forward
Note
5: Public Debate
Publics and their problems
The evil twins of public debate
Make America pretty much the same again
Trumping the play frame
Chapter overview and looking forward
Notes
Conclusion
On our time spent digging in the dirt
Ambivalence all the way down
References
Index
End User License Agreement
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