| Author(s) |
Hopgood, Fincina
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| Publication Date |
2022-03-29
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| Abstract |
<p>In 2007 a network ensemble comedy about four scientists working at the California Institute of Technology premiered on CBS. Over the course of the next decade, <i>The Big Bang Theory</i> became one of the most watched shows worldwide, a landmark pop-culture product with a dedicated fan base that heralded the age of "geek" or "nerd" culture. For Vlad Dima, writing in the <i>Bright Lights Film Journal</i> in 2012 during the show's fifth season, the series was "a paradigm shift of big-bang proportions": "The show's main achievement . . . is to create an [sic] universe in which the outcast scientists, the <i>nerds</i>, function as the leading men" (original emphasis).</p>
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| Citation |
Autism in Film and Television: On the Island, p. 186-200
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| ISBN |
9781477324936
9781477324943
9781477324912
9781477324929
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| Link | |
| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
University of Texas Press
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| Edition |
1
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| Title |
Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man
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| Type of document |
Book Chapter
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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