The geeks shall inherit the earth
Subtitle: popularity, quirk theory, and why outsides thrive after high school
Publisher: Hyperion Books; Hyperion
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781401302023
Copyright date: 2011
Description: In her book, Alexandra Robbins explores the ways group identity theories play out among cliques - and the students they exclude. She reveals the new labels students stick onto each other today, the long-term effects of this marginalization, and the reasons students falling under these categories are often shunned.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: 1. Meet the cafeteria fringe; title: Late summer to early fall : the popularity myth.; title: 2. Quirk theory and the secret of popularity; title: 3. Why are popular people mean?; title: Fall : why quirk theory works.; title: 4. In the shadow of the freak tree; title: 5. It's good to be the cafeteria fringe; title: Winter : outcast profiling and other dangers.; title: 6. Challenges; title: 7. Misperceptions; title: Late winter to early spring : being excluded doesn't mean that anything's wrong with you.; title: 8. A brief introduction to group psychology; title: 9. Why labels stick : the motivations of the normal police; title: Spring : quirk theory's origins : why these issues are hardest in school.; title: 10. Changing perceptions; title: 11. Two steps forward, one step back; title: Late spring to early summer : popular vs. outcast.; title: 12. Popularity doesn't lead to happiness; title: 13. The rise of the cafeteria fringe; title: 14. Cafeteria fringe : lucky and free