The Adoring audience : fan culture and popular media / edited by Lisa A. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Lisa A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fans (Persons)--United States--Psychology.

Fans (Persons).

Television viewers--United States--Psychology.

Television viewers.

Groupies--United States--Psychology.

Groupies.

Popular culture--United States.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

""Book Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Fandom as Pathology: The Consequences of Characterization JOLI JENSON""; ""The Cultural Economy of Fandom JOHN FISKE""; ""Is There a Fan in the House?: The Affective Sensibility of Fandom LAWRENCE GROSSBERG""; ""Essays from Bitch: The Women's Rock Newsletter with Bite CHERYL CLINE""; ""Beatlemania: Girls Just Want to Have Fun BARBARA EHRENREICH, ELIZABETH HESS, GLORIA JACOBS""; ""'I'll Be Here With You': Fans, Fantasy and the Figure of Elvis STEPHEN HINERMAN""

""'Something More Than Love': Fan Stories on Film LISA A. LEWIS""""Fans as Tastemakers: Viewers for Quality Television SUE BROWER""; ""Television Executives Speak about Fan Letters to the Networks ROBERT SABAL""; ""A Glimpse of the Fan Factory FRED AND JUDY VERMOREL""; ""'Strangers No More, We Sing': Filking and the Social Construction of the Science Fiction Fan Community HENRY JENKINS""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-89918-1

1-134-89919-X

1-280-32622-0

0-203-18153-0

9780203181539

OCLC:

51300010