A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies

2018-05-01 Social Science

Author : Paul Booth
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 165/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies by : Paul Booth

Download or read book A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies written by Paul Booth. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections—Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies—the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study.

The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom

2017-11-03 Social Science

Author : Melissa A. Click
Release : 2017-11-03
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 253/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom by : Melissa A. Click

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom written by Melissa A. Click. This book was released on 2017-11-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of fan studies has seen exponential growth in recent years and this companion brings together an internationally and interdisciplinarily diverse group of established scholars to reflect on the state of the field and to point to new research directions. Engaging an impressive array of media texts and formats and incorporating a variety of methodologies, this collection is organized into six main sections: methods and ethics, technologies and practices, identities, race and transcultural fandom, industry, and futures. Each section concludes with a conversation among some of the field’s leading scholars and industry insiders to address a wealth of questions relevant to each section topic.

Squee from the Margins

2018-12-01 Social Science

Author : Rukmini Pande
Release : 2018-12-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 183/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Squee from the Margins written by Rukmini Pande. This book was released on 2018-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rukmini Pande’s examination of race in fan studies is sure to make an immediate contribution to the growing field. Until now, virtually no sustained examination of race and racism in transnational fan cultures has taken place, a lack that is especially concerning given that current fan spaces have never been more vocal about debating issues of privilege and discrimination. Pande’s study challenges dominant ideas of who fans are and how these complex transnational and cultural spaces function, expanding the scope of the field significantly. Along with interviewing thirty-nine fans from nine different countries about their fan practices, she also positions media fandom as a postcolonial cyberspace, enabling scholars to take a more inclusive view of fan identity. With analysis that spans from historical to contemporary, Pande builds a case for the ways in which non-white fans have always been present in such spaces, though consistently ignored.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures

2014-09-28 Social Science

Author : Dr Stijn Reijnders
Release : 2014-09-28
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 629/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures written by Dr Stijn Reijnders. This book was released on 2014-09-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-two chapters of this volume elucidate the key themes of the fan studies vernacular. As the contributing authors draw from recent empirical work around the globe, the book provides fresh insights and innovative angles on the latest developments within fan cultures, both online and offline. Because the volume is specifically set up as companion for researchers, the chapters include recommendations for the further study of fan cultures. As such, it represents an essential reference volume for researchers and scholars in the fields of cultural and media studies, communication, cultural geography and the sociology of culture.

Soap Fans

2010-06-10 Performing Arts

Author : Carine Harrington
Release : 2010-06-10
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Soap Fans by : Carine Harrington

Download or read book Soap Fans written by Carine Harrington. This book was released on 2010-06-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dispute of the simplistic illusion of soap fans as bored housewives or losers.

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