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Politics for the Love of Fandom examines what Ashley Hinck calls “fan-based citizenship”: civic action that blends with and arises from participation in fan
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Authors: Melissa A. Click
Categories: Social Science
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Fandom, Second Edition
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Authors: Jonathan Gray
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-28 - Publisher: NYU Press

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Introduction: why still study fans? / Cornel Sandvoss, Jonathan Gray, and C. Lee Harrington -- Fan texts and objects -- The death of the reader? : literary theo
The Politics of Fandom
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Fandom has been celebrated both as a harmonious, tolerant space and as apolitical and detached from reality. Yet fandom is neither harmonious nor apolitical. Th
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A fundamental reevaluation of how to be a sports fan by an acclaimed baseball writer. Sports fandom isn't what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly