Subculture: Cyberpunks and Hackers
Mechanism Texts:
Subculture by Dick Hebdige (excerpt)
Novel:
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Other Texts:
Hackers (film)
“Cyberpunk” by Bruce Bethke
The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling
Various Hacker Manifestos
Various Issues of Phrack
Central Questions:
Why are subcultures significant?
What are the relationships between subcultures and cultures at large?
Paper Assignment:
4-6 page Analysis of cyberpunk/hacker subcultural artifact.
