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Bolling, Ben and Matthew J. Smith, eds. It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon. Jefferson, London: McFarland, 2014. Added by: joachim (3/2/14, 6:59 AM) |
Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-0-7864-7694-7 BibTeX citation key: Bolling2014 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Collection of essays, Fandom, USA Creators: Bolling, Smith Publisher: McFarland (Jefferson, London) |
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This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego’s Comic-Con International, the largest annual celebration of the popular arts in North America. Working from a common grounding in fan studies, these individual explorations examine a range of cultural practices at an event drawing crowds of nearly 125,000 each summer. Investigations range from the practices of fans costuming themselves to the talk of corporate marketers. The collection seeks to expand fan studies, exploring Comic-Con International more deeply than any publication before it. Table of Contents Matthew Pustz: Foreword: Visiting Comic-Con, Revisiting Comic Book Culture (1) I. Identity and Play at Comic-Con II. Gendered Fandom III. Negotiating Fandom Through Communicative Practice IV. Technology and Participation V. Attending Con Randy Duncan and Peter M. Coogan: Afterword (183) References (187) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |