Fan Cultures Studies in Culture and Communication 1st Edition by Matthew Hills ISBN 0415240247 978-0415240246

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ISBN 10: 0415240247
ISBN 13: 978-0415240246
Author: Matthew Hills

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.

Fan Cultures Studies in Culture and Communication 1st Table of contents:

Part I Approaching 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’

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