A01=Matthew Hills
Author_Matthew Hills
Bourdieu's Model
Category=JBCC
Category=JBCC1
Category=JBCT
Category=NH
community
Contemporary Society
Cult Fan
Cult Fandom
Cult Tv
cultural theory analysis
Deep Space
dualism
elvis
Elvis Impersonation
Elvis Impersonators
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Fan Cultural Capital
Fan Knowledge
fandom
fans
Frankfurt School perspectives
Functional Moments
Grouse Mountain
identity performance media
Joe 90
knowledges
Lancaster's Work
media
media audience studies
moral
Moral Dualisms
new media fandom theory
Popular Cultural Capital
psychoanalytic approaches
qualitative fan research
star
Star Trek
Star Trek Fandom
Star Trek Fans
Subcultural Capital
Symbolic Pilgrimages
Teddy Bear
trek
Tv System
Velveteen Rabbit
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780415240253
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Feb 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Matt Hills is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.
