A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies / edited by Paul Booth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Booth, Paul, 1981- editor.

Wiley InterScience (Online service)

Series:

Wiley Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 18.

Wiley Blackwell companions to cultural studies ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Fans (Persons)--Psychology.

Fans (Persons).

Online social networks--Social aspects.

Online social networks.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 563 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2018.

Contents:

Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Editor Biography; Contributor Biographies; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Structure of the Book; References; Part I: Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Chapter 1: Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture; Negotiated Readings; Interpretive Communities, Subcultures, and Imaginative Publics; Fandom as Participatory Culture; References; Chapter 2: Foundational Discourses of Fandom; Mental Intoxication; Peopling the Self; Managing the Multitude; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Literature Fandom and Literary Fans

Fandom in Literary ScholarshipThe Birth of US Media Fandom: An Alternate History; Literary Fandom in The Saturday Review of Literature; Literary Fan Studies: Moving Forward; References; Chapter 4: The Fan Experience; Founding Fandom: Hugo Gernsback and the Science Fiction League; Media Fandom and Fan Advocacy; Fans and Technology: Medium and Message; Fans and Producers: Beyond Gift Culture; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Soap Fans, Revisited; Fanâ#x80;#x90;Industry Relations; Fanâ#x80;#x90;Object Specificity; Identities, Practices, and Communities; Conclusion; References

Chapter 6: Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music AntifandomAutoethnographyâ#x80;#x90;asâ#x80;#x90;Method and Studying Life Fandoms; Accounting for Affective Fluctuations; Lifeblood as Antifandom Object; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media; Fans and Media Representation; Methodology; January 2000; January 2005; January 2010; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Ethics in Fan Studies Research; Institutional and Organizational Parameters; Establishing Your Research: Common Ethical Considerations

The Fan Researcher and the Fan CommunityPublic, Private, and Bounded Research Contexts; Research in Controversial and Complicated Contexts; Care of the Self; Conclusion; Appendix; References; Part II: Fan Practices; Chapter 9: Make Space for Us! Fandomin the Real World; Community and Identity at Fan Conventions; Convention Space as Liminal Space; Cosplay/Performance; Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage; Liminality; Performance; Encountering the Sacred; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10: Nostalgia, Fandom and the Remediation of Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Culture; Nostalgia in Popular Culture; LEGO and LEGO Fandom

From Springfield to Hill Valley, via Oz: Playing with Nostalgia in LEGO DimensionsConclusion; References; Chapter 11: Fan Fashion: Reâ#x80;#x90;enacting Hunger Games through Clothing and Design; Theorizing Embodiment and Fashion in Fandom; The Hunger Games; Methodology; Districts and Resistance in The Hunger Games Streetwear; Glamorizing the Capitol through Makeâ#x80;#x90;up; Reâ#x80;#x90;enacting The Hunger Games in Cosplay and Replicas; Couture; Conclusion; References; Chapter 12: Slash/Drag: Appropriation and Visibility in the Age of Hamilton; â#x80;#x9C;Weâ#x80;#x99;re Not Gay; We Just Love Each Otherâ#x80;#x9D;

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to media fandom and fan studies.

ISBN:

9781119237174

1119237173

9781119237211

1119237211

9781119237204

1119237203

Publisher Number:

90104575766

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.