Popular Stories and Promised Lands : Fan Cultures and Symbolic Pilgrimages /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aden, Roger C., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Popular culture.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Psychological aspects.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Imaginary places in mass media.
Fans (Persons) > Psychology.
Escape (Psychology)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Évasion (Psychologie)
Lieux imaginaires dans les medias.
Narration > Aspect psychologique.
Narration > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Medias > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Escape (Psychology) > United States.
Fans (Persons) > United States > Psychology.
Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter
  • Theoretical Development
  • The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture
  • The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter
  • Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys
  • Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy
  • Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files
  • Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field
  • Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams
  • Conclusion: The Return Home.

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