Fandom, the next generation / edited by Bridget Kies and Megan Connor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kies, Bridget, editor.

Connor, Megan, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Fandom & culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fans (Persons).

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2022]

Contents:

Part One: Reboots, Revivals, and Nostalgia

"I Ain't Afraid of No Bros": The Generational Politics of Reboot Culture

Reopening The X-Files: Generational Fandom, Gender, and Bodily Autonomy

Missing Time: Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and the Rise of Aging Fans

Truly, Truly, Truly Outraged: Anti-Fandom and the Limits of Nostalgia

Part Two: Generations of Enduring Fandoms

Like Father, Like Daughter: The Intergenerational Passing of Doctor Who and Star Wars Fandom in the Familial Context

Examining Pop Music Fandom through a Generational Lens

Looking Back, Looking Bi: Queering a Lifelong Fandom of the Baby-Sitters Club

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Fandom: A Community of Cousins

Fans of Female Film Stars in Turkey: The Case of Türkan Şoray

"I Named My Daughter Ripley": Fan Gifting and Internal Hierarchies in the Alien Fandom

"The Power of the Jane Austen Fandom": Bridging Generational Gaps with The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

Part Three: Generational Tensions

Star Wars Fans, Generations, and Identity

Roads Go Ever On and On: Fan Fiction and ArchivalInfrastructures as Markers of the Affirmational-Transformational Continuum in Tolkien Fandom

"Fannish Sensibilities": Fissures in the Sherlock Holmes Fandom

The Fandom Is a Welcoming Place Unless I Know More Than You: Generations, Mentorship, and Super-Fans

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-236) and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781609388348 (electronic bk.)

1609388348 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40031216744

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.