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Fandom : Identities and Communities in a Mediated World.

We are all fans. Whether we log on to Web sites to scrutinize the latest plot turns in Lost, "stalk" our favorite celebrities on Gawker, attend gaming conventions, or simply wait with bated breath for the newest Harry Potter novel--each of us is a fan. Fandom extends beyond television and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gray, Jonathan
Otros Autores: Sandvoss, Cornel, Harrington, C. Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Fan Texts; The Death of the Reader?; Media Academics; Yoko in Cyberspace with Beatles Fans; Copyright Law, Fan Practices, and the Rights of the Author; Part II: Beyond Pop Culture; The News; The Fans of Cultural Theory; Bachies, Bardies, Trekkies, and Sherlockians; Fans of Chekhov; Part III: Spaces of Fandom; Place, Elective Belonging, and the Diffused Audience; On the Set of The Sopranos; A Sort of Homecoming; From Smart Fan to Backyard Wrestler; Part IV: Fan Audiences Worldwide; Global Fandom/Global Fan Studies; Between Rowdies and Rasikas.
  • Beyond Kung-Fu and ViolenceHan Suk-kyu and the Gendered Cultural Economy of Stardom and Fandom; Part V: Shifting Contexts, Changing Fan Cultures; Loving Music; Girls Allowed?; Customer Relationship Management; Playing the Game; Part VI: Fans and Anti-Fans; Fan-tagonism; Untidy; The Anti-Fan within the Fan; A Vacancy at the Paris Hilton; The Other Side of Fandom; Afterword; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index.