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Author:   Kristin M. Barton ,  Jonathan Malcolm Lampley
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786474189

ISBN 10:   0786474181
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   21 November 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword Stephen J. Sansweet Introduction Kristin M. Barton Section 1: Fan Productions Can’t Stop the Sequel: How the Serenity-Inspired Browncoats: Redemption Is Changing the Future of Fan Films (Kristin M. Barton) Dark Shadows Fandom, Then and Now (1966–2013) (Jeff Thompson) Spellbound: An Analysis of Adult-Oriented Harry Potter Fanfiction (Don Tresca) Recut Film Trailers, Nostalgia and the Teen Film (Kathleen Williams) Section 2: Social Media Bringing Piety Back: Tim Tebow, Sports and American Culture (Susan Orenstein) Fan-Made Time: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (Owain Gwynne) The Fandom Is Out There: Social Media and The X-Files Online (Bethan Jones) Alternate Reality Games, Narrative Disbursement and Canon: The Lost Experience (Kent Aardse) Section 3: Fan-Influenced Content Block Party: A Look at Adult Fans of LEGO (Jennifer C. Garlen) A New Kind of Pandering: Supernatural and the World of Fanfiction (Anissa M. Graham) Desiring the Tangible: Disneyland, Fandom and Spatial Immersion (Meyrav Koren-Kuik) Chuck Versus the Advertiser: How Fan Activism and Footlong Subway Sandwiches Saved a Television Series (Kristin M. Barton) “Guys, where are we?” Podcasts, Online Video and Lost’s Participatory Culture (Michael Graves) Afterword: The Past and Future of Fandom Studies (Jonathan Malcolm Lampley) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

highly recommended --<i>Choice</i>.

highly recommended --Choice.

highly recommended --Choice; excellent examination...essays are context rich...an enjoyable, easy read that is appealing on many levels from academic to...well, fandom --Journal of American Culture. highly recommended --Choice.

"""highly recommended""--Choice; ""excellent examination...essays are context rich...an enjoyable, easy read that is appealing on many levels from academic to...well, fandom""--Journal of American Culture."

Author Information

The late Kristin M. Barton was a professor and chair of the Department of Communications at Dalton State College in Dalton, Georgia. He lived in Woodstock, Georgia. Jonathan Malcolm Lampley is a prolific contributor to many popular-culture periodicals and publications.

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