An Introduction to the Theology of Fandom, with Emphasis on the Iranian Fans of the Exo Korean Music Band [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022 Assuming that practical theology seeks to think in a theological way about the individual and collective human being act, it is vital to heed one of the modern and theological forms of modern culture, namely the theology of fandom.
Mohammad Javad Badinfekr
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It’s not all about the music:online fan communities and collecting Hard Rock Café pins [PDF]
, 2014 Previous studies of music fan culture have largely centered on the diverse range of subcultures devoted to particular genres, groups, and stars. Where studies have moved beyond the actual music and examined the fashion, concerts, and collecting ephemera ...
Geraghty, Lincoln
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Czech Sci-fi Fanzines in the Era of Late Socialism and Early Post-socialism [PDF]
Forum Historiae, 2020 Fanzines have been among the most significant means of communication for the subculture of fans and “users” of the fantastic arts, so-called sci-fi (SF) fandom, since the birth of the genre.
Kudláč, Antonín
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“True fan = watch match”? In Search of the ‘Authentic’ Soccer Fan. [PDF]
, 2014 Academics have created typologies to divide association football (soccer) fans into categories based upon the assumed ‘authenticity’ of their fandom practices.
Crawford Garry +20 more
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Med himmelen som tak Ungdom, religion og fandom
Prismet, 2017 In this article the phenomenon “fandom” is discussed. Fandom signifies strong fan-cultures, similar to religious charismatic movements. Trough a brief introduction to fandom research I show how the field has changed from a negative view on fans, towards ...
Trine Anker
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Generations, migrations, and the future of fandom's private spaces
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2018 An exploration of old versus young fandom indicates that this divide is fueled by shifting norms encouraged by migration across online platforms, with changes that focus on conflicting norms around the publicness of fandom.
Brianna Dym, Casey Fiesler
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Love Me for a Reason: An Autoethnographic Account of Boyzone Fandom [PDF]
IASPM Journal, 2016 Fan scholars such as Matt Hills have argued that fannish interests can become relevant and irrelevant at different times during a fan’s life. Combining insights from popular music and fan studies, in this article we use an auto-ethnographic approach to ...
Simone Driessen, Bethan Jones
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Lesbian Fandom Remakes the Boy Band
Transformative Works and Cultures, 2020 Lesbians and other queer women are typically absent from theorizations of boy band fandom even though boy bands often have sizable lesbian fan bases. Lesbian fandom of the British–Irish boy band One Direction congregated primarily on Tumblr; this fandom ...
Jessica Pruett
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From Hoops to Hope: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Political Fandom on Twitter
International Journal of Communication, 2022 The study uses political discourse on Twitter as political texts to evidence how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s political fandom is fueled by affective structures of power, resistance, gendered power dynamics, political ideologies, culture, hope, and ...
Nathian Shae Rodriguez, Nadia Goretti
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Modern ‘live’ football: moving from the panoptican gaze to the performative, virtual and carnivalesque [PDF]
, 2012 Drawing on Redhead's discussion of Baudrillard as a theorist of hyperreality, the paper considers the different ways in which the mediatized ‘live’ football spectacle is often modelled on the ‘live’ however eventually usurps the ‘live’ forms position in ...
Anderson B. +24 more
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