Fan cultures
Emphasising the contradictions of fandom, Matt Hills outlines how media fans have been conceptualised in cultural theory. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from Elvis impersonators to X-Philes and Trekkers, Hills discusses a range of approaches to fandom, from the Frankfurt School to p...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Sussex Studies in Culture and Communication
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798034206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FAN CULTURES; Copyright; Content; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction: Who's Who? Academics, fans, scholar-fans and fan-scholars; Part I Approaches Fan Cultures; 1 Fan cultures between consumerism and 'resistance'; 2 Fan cultures between community and hierarchy; 3 Fan cultures between 'knowledge' and 'justification'; 4 Fan cultures between 'fantasy' and 'reality'; Part II Theorising Cult Media; 5 Fandom between cult and culture; 6 Media cults: between the 'textual' and the 'extratextual'; 7 Cult geographies: between the 'textual' and the 'spatial'
- 8 Cult bodies: between the 'self' and the 'other'Conclusion: new media, new fandoms, new theoretical approaches?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
