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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3590147 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.