THE ADORING AUDIENCE FAN CULTURE AND POPULAR MEDIA LISÀ A LEWIS. Nonfiction Book

THE ADORING AUDIENCE FAN CULTURE AND POPULAR MEDIA LISÀ A LEWIS Nonfiction paperback. ISBN 0-415-07821-0 WHAT IS A FAN? WHY IS FANDOM STIGMATIZED AND WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO BECOME A FAN? Fans get a bad press. The tamihar images of tandom are loaded with negative stereotypes and labels of deviancy. Yet in many ways we are all 'fans', and fans remain the most visible and dedicated of any audience. What defines and motivates this intense admiration? And why is it so maligned and stigmatized? The Adoring Audience considers the relationship between fans, stars, media texts and media industries. From Beatlemania to Elvis worship, trom science nction fans and "Trekkies' to Hollywood films about fans, this fascinating collection of essays examines the way in which fandom coated to is arise, for uality and te coup peo and con. tas dictory arena for critical enquiry, rather than a subject to be trivialized and dismissed. They also recognize tans as socimied energetic real produces in in iren neressive The editor: Lisa A. Lewis is a commercial TV producer in Tucson, Arizona, and author of Gender Politics and MTV: Voicing the Difference. Jenkins, Joli Jensen, Lisa A. Lewis, Robert Sabal, Fred and Judy Vermorel. Cover photograph: Meditation Garden, Graceland. Courtesy of Don Lancaster. From a smoke free home. See numerous pictures and a video posted. Please check out my closet! Bundle three or more items and get 15% off. Or, bundle and make me an offer