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Author Hills, Matt, 1971-

Title Fan cultures / Matt Hills
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages)
Series Sussex studies in culture and communication.
Contents Preface -- Introduction : Who's who? Academics, fans, scholar-fans and fan-scholars -- Part I: Approaching fan cultures. Fan cultures between consumerism and 'resistance' ; Fan cultures between community and hierarchy ; Fan cultures between 'knowledge' and 'justification' ; Fan cultures between 'fantasy' and 'reality' -- Part II: Theorising cult media. Fandom between cult and culture ; Media cults : between the 'textual' and the 'extratextual' ; Cult geographies : between the 'textual' and the 'spacial' ; Cult bodies : between the 'self' and the 'other' -- Conclusion : New media, new fandoms, new theoretical approaches?
Summary Fans are one of the most widely-studied groups of media consumers. Often knowing more about a character or TV series than the star or programme-makers themselves, and ready to make surprising readings of plot lines and characters, they have been viewed as the ultimate active audience. Fan Cultures is both the first comprehensive overview of fan theory and a challenge to the established paradigms of 'fan studies'. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index
Notes English
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Subject Fans (Persons) -- Psychology
Subculture.
Television viewers -- Psychology
Celebrities in mass media.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Celebrities in mass media
Fans (Persons) -- Psychology
Motion picture actors and actresses
Subculture
Television viewers -- Psychology
Massenmedien
Soziologie
Aufsatzsammlung
Fans.
Subcultuur.
Massamedia.
Fans -- Psychologie.
Subculture.
Téléspectateurs -- Psychologie.
Célébrités -- Dans les médias.
Fan.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001051092
ISBN 0203361334
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