
Fans and Fandom
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In the 21st century pop culture is everywhere; you can't move for a new superhero film or major franchise appearing in our lives and we love it. We're just jumping into the media landscape headfirst in order to get more of our favs, track down spoilers and deep dive about plot lines on social media. It's hard to deny fan culture as part of the world now, there's a fandom for everyone, but what does that actually mean, and where did it come from?
From ancient times to modern media, humans have shared their love for the stories that mean something to them and brought in others to be fans of them too. We've written ourselves in, made art of, and celebrated with others who love the same things as us all in the name of being a fan, even before the word fan existed. There's a whole lot of who, where, what, when, why, how and huh to look into when it comes to fan culture.
From Shakespeare to Superman, Dickens to Daleks, and fanfiction to Frodo there is so much more to fandom than meets the eye. And a whole lot of references to pack in too.
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Content
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Question 1 When?
- Chapter 1 Fandom will, err. Find a Way
- Chapter 2 The Future is Now: Moving into the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 3 To Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before
- Chapter 4 Let's Get Connected
- Question 2 Why?
- Chapter 1 Modern Myth
- Chapter 2 A Touch of Familiarity
- Chapter 3 Welcome to the Tribe
- Questions 3 and 4 Who? and How?
- Chapter 1 Affirmative and Transformative
- Chapter 2 Performance as a Fanwork
- Chapter 3 Roll For Initiative: Tabletop Roleplaying Games
- Question Five Where?
- Chapter 1 Have You Tried Turning it Off and Online Again?
- Chapter 2 Space Invaders
- Chapter 3 As Above, So Below
- Chapter 4 Creator and Fan: Finding the Balance
- Question 6 Huh?
- Chapter 1 Culture Wars: GamerGate
- Chapter 2 Change My Dear and Not a Moment Too Soon
- Chapter 3 Look Inside the House
- Chapter 4 Learn From History or be Doomed to Repeat It
- Question 7 The End?
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- Back cover
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