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Fan cultures / Matt Hills

Hills, Matt, 1971-

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

Online Ressource (xviii, 237 pages)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Hills, Matt, 1971- : Fan cultures. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (Druck-Ausgabe)

0-203-36133-4 ; 978-0-203-36133-7 ; 978-0-415-24024-6 ; 0-415-24024-7 ; 978-0-415-24025-3 ; 0-415-24025-5

978-0-415-24024-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-24024-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-415-24025-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-24025-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-134-55199-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-134-55199-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-134-55194-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-134-55194-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-134-55198-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-134-55198-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-24024-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-24025-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 252870398 (aus SWB)     

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LOC-SH: Fans (Persons) -- Psychology ; Television viewers -- Psychology ; Subculture ; Celebrities in mass media ; Motion picture actors and actresses ; Fans (Persons) -- Psychology ; Television viewers -- Psychology

Electronic books ; Fans (Persons / Psychology ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Celebrities in mass media ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Motion picture actors and actresses ; Subculture ; Television viewers ; Psychology ; Massenmedien ; Soziologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fans ; Subcultuur ; Massamedia ; Fans ; Psychologie ; Subculture ; Téléspectateurs ; Psychologie ; Célébrités ; Dans les médias ; Fan

Fans are one of the most widely-studied groups of media consumers. Often knowing more about a character or TV series than the star or programme-makers themselves, and ready to make surprising readings of plot lines and characters, they have been viewed as the ultimate active audience. Fan Cultures is both the first comprehensive overview of fan theory and a challenge to the established paradigms of 'fan studies'. 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