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Fan Cultures » (1st Edition)
Authors: Matthew Hills, Matt Hills
ISBN-13: 9780415240253, ISBN-10: 0415240255
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Matthew Hills
Matt Hills is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.
Book Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction: Who's Who? Academics, fans, scholar-fans and fan-scholars | 1 | |
| Pt. I | Approaching fan cultures | 25 |
| 1 | Fan cultures between consumerism and 'resistance' | 27 |
| 2 | Fan cultures between community and hierarchy | 46 |
| 3 | Fan cultures between 'knowledge' and 'justification' | 65 |
| 4 | Fan cultures between 'fantasy' and 'reality' | 90 |
| Pt. II | Theorising cult media | 115 |
| 5 | Fandom between cult and culture | 117 |
| 6 | Media cults: between the 'textual' and the 'extratextual' | 131 |
| 7 | Cult geographies: between the 'textual' and the 'spatial' | 144 |
| 8 | Cult bodies: between the 'self' and the 'other' | 158 |
| Conclusion: new media, new fandoms, new theoretical approaches? | 172 | |
| Notes | 185 | |
| Bibliography | 207 | |
| Index | 232 |
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