Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

AvLinda Duits,Koos Zwaan,Stijn Reijnders

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Fans constitute a very special kind of audience. They have been marginalized, ridiculed and stigmatized, yet at the same time they seem to represent the vanguard of new relationships with and within the media. ’Participatory culture’ has become the new normative standard. Concepts derived from early fan studies, such as transmedial storytelling and co-creation, are now the standard fare of journalism and marketing text books alike. Indeed, usage of the word fan has become ubiquitous. The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures problematizes this exaltation of fans and offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of the field. Bringing together the latest international research, it explores the conceptualization of ’the fan’ and the significance of relationships between fans and producers, with particular attention to the intersection between online spaces and offline places. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-09-18
Mått169 x 244 x 25 mm
Vikt750 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781409455622

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Introduction; I: Re-defining the Fan; 1: Returning to ‘Becoming-a-Fan’ Stories: Theorising Transformational Objects and the Emergence/Extension of Fandom; 2: Populating the Universe: Toy Collecting and Adult Lives; 3: Much Ado about Keanu Reeves: The Drama of Ageing in Online Fandom; 4: Music for (Something Other than) Pleasure: Anti-fans and the Other Side of Popular Music Appeal 1; 5: A Severe Case of Disliking Bimbo Heidi, Scumbag Jesse and Bastard Tiger: Analysing Celebrities’ Online Anti-fans; 6: Fandom as Survival in Media Life; 7: From Interpretive Communities to Interpretative Fairs: Ordinary Fandom, Textual Selection and Digital Media; II: Fans and Producers; 8: Fan/Celebrity Interactions and Social Media: Connectivity and Engagement in Lady Gaga Fandom; 9: Fans of Folklore Performances: Identifying a New Relationship Between Communication and Marketing; 10: Investors and Patrons, Gatekeepers and Social Capital: Representations and Experiences of Fans’ Participation in Fan Funding; 11: Music Fans as Mediators in the Age of Digital Reproduction; 12: Celebrity: The Return of the Repressed in Fan Studies?; 13: Fans Who Cut Their Soaps Queer: A Queer Theoretical Study into Online Fandom of Gay Television Representation; III: Localities of Fandom; 14: Transnational Cultural Fandom; 15: Retreating Behind the Scenes: The ‘Less’-Civilizing Impact of Virtual Spaces on the Irish Heavy Metal Scene; 16: ‘Kvlt-er than Thou’: Power, Suspicion and Nostalgia within Black Metal Fandom; 17: A Decade in the Life of Online Fan Communities; 18: Placing Fan Cultures: Xenites in the Transnational Spaces of Fandom; 19: Embodied Fantasy: The Affective Space of Anime Conventions; 20: Watching Football in the Fan Park: Mediatization, Spectatorship and Fan Identity; 21: ‘We’re Not Racist, We Only Hate Mancs’: Post-Subculture and Football Fandom

’This book is special. The collection confidently addresses fan cultures across politics, economics, production, consumption, identity and performance. It covers the diversity of ordinary fans, superfans and anti-fans, on topics from sports and music, to toys and television. If you want to understand fans then get this book.’ Annette Hill, Lund University, Sweden ’This volume is excellent evidence of how fan studies have matured and diversified in the past decades. It brings together all the experts in the field, and shows an impressive range of theoretical perspectives and inspiring case studies. Well written and well researched, this is a must-have for scholars of fandom and media culture.’ Liesbet van Zoonen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Loughborough University, UK 'The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures details a range of approaches to fan studies, and examines a range of fan communities, fan texts and definitions of fandom. The questions asked and examples provided makes it an essential read for students of fan studies, academics, and those who are interested in what fandom can tell us about ourselves and the world we engage with ...' LSE Review of Books

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