A Fan Studies Primer
Method, Research, Ethics
Published on 1. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
308 pages
978-1-60938-809-6 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first comprehensive primer for classroom use that shows students how to do fan studies in practical terms. With contributions from a range of established and emerging scholars, coeditors Paul Booth and Rebecca Williams pull together case studies that demonstrate the wide array of methodologies available to fan studies scholars, such as auto/ethnography, immersion, interviews, online data mining, historiography, and textual analysis.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60938-809-6 (9781609388096)
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Persons
Paul Booth is professor of communication at DePaul University. He is author of Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age (Iowa, 2015). Booth lives in Forest Park, Illinois. Rebecca Williams is a senior lecturer in communication, cultural, and media studies at the University of South Wales. She is author of Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures (Iowa, 2018). Williams lives in South Wales.