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Title The Adoring audience : fan culture and popular media / edited by Lisa A. Lewis.
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
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 Central Library Books  HM291 Ado  AVAILABLE
 Notes on Contributors 
 Acknowledgements 
 Introduction1
Pt. IDefining Fandom 
 1Fandom as Pathology: The Consequences of Characterization / Joli Jenson9
 2The Cultural Economy of Fandom / John Fiske30
 3Is There a Fan in the House?: The Affective Sensibility of Fandom / Lawrence Grossberg50
Pt. IIFandom and Gender 
 4Essays from Bitch: The Women's Rock Newsletter with Bite / Cheryl Cline69
 5Beatlemania: Girls Just Want to Have Fun / Barbara Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, Gloria Jacobs84
 6'I'll Be Here With You': Fans, Fantasy and the Figure of Elvis / Stephen Hinerman107
 7'Something More Than Love': Fan Stories on Film / Lisa A. Lewis135
Pt. IIIFans and Industry 
 8Fans as Tastemakers: Viewers for Quality Television / Sue Brower163
 9Television Executives Speak about Fan Letters to the Networks / Robert Sabal185
Pt. IVProduction by Fans 
 10A Glimpse of the Fan Factory / Fred Vermorel, Judy Vermorel191
 11'Strangers No More, We Sing': Filking and the Social Construction of the Science Fiction Fan Community / Henry Jenkins208
 Index237
Descrip. x, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Fans (Persons) -- United States -- Psychology.
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Television viewers -- United States -- Psychology.
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Groupies -- United States -- Psychology.
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Popular culture -- United States.
Add Author Lewis, Lisa A.
ISBN 0415078202
0415078210 (pbk)
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