A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies

Content: Intro
 Title Page
 Table of Contents
 Notes on Contributors
 Editor Biography
 Contributor Biographies
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction
 Structure of the Book
 References
 Part I: Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies
 Chapter 1: Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture
 Negotiated Readings
 Interpretive Communities, Subcultures, and Imaginative Publics
 Fandom as Participatory Culture
 References
 Chapter 2: Foundational Discourses of Fandom
 Mental Intoxication
 Peopling the Self
 Managing the Multitude
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 3: Literature Fandom and Literary Fans Fandom in Literary ScholarshipThe Birth of US Media Fandom: An Alternate History
 Literary Fandom in The Saturday Review of Literature
 Literary Fan Studies: Moving Forward
 References
 Chapter 4: The Fan Experience
 Founding Fandom: Hugo Gernsback and the Science Fiction League
 Media Fandom and Fan Advocacy
 Fans and Technology: Medium and Message
 Fans and Producers: Beyond Gift Culture
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 5: Soap Fans, Revisited
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Industry Relations
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Object Specificity
 Identities, Practices, and Communities
 Conclusion
 References Chapter 6: Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music AntifandomAutoethnographyâ#x80
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Method and Studying Life Fandoms
 Accounting for Affective Fluctuations
 Lifeblood as Antifandom Object
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 7: Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media
 Fans and Media Representation
 Methodology
 January 2000
 January 2005
 January 2010
 Discussion
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 8: Ethics in Fan Studies Research
 Institutional and Organizational Parameters
 Establishing Your Research: Common Ethical Considerations The Fan Researcher and the Fan CommunityPublic, Private, and Bounded Research Contexts
 Research in Controversial and Complicated Contexts
 Care of the Self
 Conclusion
 Appendix
 References
 Part II: Fan Practices
 Chapter 9: Make Space for Us! Fandomin the Real World
 Community and Identity at Fan Conventions
 Convention Space as Liminal Space
 Cosplay/Performance
 Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage
 Liminality
 Performance
 Encountering the Sacred
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 10: Nostalgia, Fandom and the Remediation of Childrenâ#x80
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s Culture
 Nostalgia in Popular Culture
 LEGO and LEGO Fandom From Springfield to Hill Valley, via Oz: Playing with Nostalgia in LEGO DimensionsConclusion
 References
 Chapter 11: Fan Fashion: Reâ#x80
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enacting Hunger Games through Clothing and Design
 Theorizing Embodiment and Fashion in Fandom
 The Hunger Games
 Methodology
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enacting The Hunger Games in Cosplay and Replicas
 Couture
 Conclusion
 References
 Chapter 12: Slash/Drag: Appropriation and Visibility in the Age of Hamilton
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