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Fans: The Mirror of Consumption

Cornel Sandvoss

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Acknowledgements.1. Introduction: Representing Fandom.2. The Dominant Discourse of Resistance: Fandom and Power.3. A Text Called Home: Fandom Between Performance and Place.4. The Inner Fan: Fandom and Psychoanalysis.5. Fandom as Extension of Self: Self-Reflection and Narcissism.6. Fan Texts: From Polysemy to Neutrosemy.7. Conclusion: One-Dimensional Fan?.Notes.References.Index.

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Key concepts: Fandom, Polysemy, Resistance (ecology), Media studies, Sociology, Art, Humanities, Philosophy