Before fanfiction : recovering the literary history of American media fandom /

"Fan studies has a literary history problem. From the discipline's seminal works of the early 1990s to its recent, media-attention-garnering popular scholarship, fan studies has repeated one creation myth time and again. "Fandom," this myth tells us, might have gained popularity...

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Autor principal: Edwards, Alexandra (Writing instructor) (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]
Accés en línia:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3590147
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction: Fanaticism, yes!
  • Intimacy and transformation in literary fan communities
  • Fandom in the magazines
  • Fan mail as communal literary practice
  • Postlude: Fan history and contemporary fan tourism
  • Conclusion: Fandom is literary, fandom is historical.