Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World

Item Number

HM646.F36

Author/Artist/Editor

Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, C. Lee Harrington

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

2007

Press/Publisher

New York University Press

Language

English

Description

This volume brings together leading scholars to examine fans, their practices, and their favorite texts. This unparalleled selection of original essays examines instances across the spectrum of modern cultural consumption from Karl Marx to Paris Hilton, Buffy the Vampire Slayer to backyard wrestling, Bach fugues to Bollywood cinema, and nineteenth-century concert halls to computer gaming. Contributors examine fans of high cultural texts and genres, the spaces of fandom, fandom around the globe, the impact of new technologies on fandom, and the legal and historical contexts of fan activity. 

Keywords

Fandom

ISSN/ISBN

978-0-8147-3182-6

Availability

Available

OCLC

77116903