Fan Cultures.

By: Hills, MatthewMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Sussex Studies in Culture and Communication SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203361337Subject(s): PsychologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fan CulturesDDC classification: 306.1 LOC classification: 2001051092Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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 psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates the possibility of new forms of fandom. Fan Cultures also explores the notion of "fan cults" or followings, considering how media fans perform the distinctions of 'cult' status.
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Intro -- 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.

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 psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates the possibility of new forms of fandom. Fan Cultures also explores the notion of "fan cults" or followings, considering how media fans perform the distinctions of 'cult' status.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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