A provocative look at the subculture that has shaped our changing attitudes toward the digital age.

Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Acknowledgments	xxvii
Part I. The Evolution of the Hacker	1
1. Hacking Culture	5
2. Hacking as the Performance of Technology: Reading the “Hacker Manifesto”	47
3. Hacking in the 1990s	81
Part II. Hacking Representation	111
4. Representing Hacker Culture: Reading Phrack	115
5. (Not) Hackers: Subculture, Style, and Media Incorporation	141
Part III. Hacking Law	173
6. Technology and Punishment: The Juridical Construction of the Hacker	177
Epilogue: Kevin Mitnick and Chris Lamprecht	220
Notes	239
Index	251