03585oam 2200781I 450 991045152730332120200520144314.01-134-55199-11-280-02357-00-415-24025-50-203-36133-410.4324/9780203361337 (CKB)1000000000249881(EBL)180483(OCoLC)252870398(SSID)ssj0000475724(PQKBManifestationID)12131032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475724(PQKBWorkID)10463713(PQKB)10011785(SSID)ssj0000296150(PQKBManifestationID)11238326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296150(PQKBWorkID)10322429(PQKB)11330845(MiAaPQ)EBC180483(Au-PeEL)EBL180483(CaPaEBR)ebr10165157(CaONFJC)MIL2357(EXLCZ)99100000000024988120180706d2002 uy 0engurbn#---uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFan cultures /Matt HillsLondon ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (207 pages)Sussex Studies in Culture and CommunicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-37809-1 0-415-24024-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-231) and index.FAN CULTURES; Copyright; Content; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction: Who's Who? Academics, fans, scholar-fans and fan-scholars; Part I Approaches Fan Cultures; 1 Fan cultures between consumerism and 'resistance'; 2 Fan cultures between community and hierarchy; 3 Fan cultures between 'knowledge' and 'justification'; 4 Fan cultures between 'fantasy' and 'reality'; Part II Theorising Cult Media; 5 Fandom between cult and culture; 6 Media cults: between the 'textual' and the 'extratextual'; 7 Cult geographies: between the 'textual' and the 'spatial'8 Cult bodies: between the 'self' and the 'other'Conclusion: new media, new fandoms, new theoretical approaches?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexEmphasising 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.Sussex Studies in Culture and CommunicationFans (Persons)PsychologySubcultureTelevision viewersPsychologyCelebrities in mass mediaMotion picture actors and actressesElectronic books.Fans (Persons)Psychology.Subculture.Television viewersPsychology.Celebrities in mass media.Motion picture actors and actresses.306.1Hills Matt1971-,870416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451527303321Fan cultures1943097UNINA