Contemporary dude theory
Subtitle: observational hypotheses re: dudes and dude interaction / Mary Lewandowski, Lou Joseph and Ian Downey
Contributors: Joseph, Lou; Downey, Ian
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: the authors
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Masculinity; Social aspects
Description: This illustrated sociological and anthropological study of Dudes proposes ways to classify dudes into scientific classes: Folks, Dicks, Dudes, and Monsters. Topics delved into include Dudism and hybrid dudes including proto-hippies, motivated hipsters, fiends, creeps, and more. There are also dude values and attitudes of groups, as well as theories proposed such as a scientific formula presenting a proof that explains why dudes like pizza.
Notes: Gift of the authors, donated in 2011.

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Includes endnotes.
Table of contents: title: Don't hate dudes : an introduction --; title: Who is a dude?, or, the 21st century dude --; title: Class structure : dudes, folks, dicks monsters --; title: Dude types : vibrational studies department (creep, jerk, charmer, unlucky dude, spook, living nerve) --; title: Dude types : dude's dudes (dabbling dudes, fixies, tour hag, queen bee, holier-than-thou, rattler, dancing grandma, galapagan, vocal opinionist, contrarian, old dude, party terrorist, sad bomb, handyman, academic, curator, skeptic) --; title: The dude network --; title: Dude values --; title: The godfather of dudes --