Fan Identities and Practices in Context

Mark Duffett is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Chester, UK. His other books include Understanding Fandom (2013) and the forthcoming Elvis Presley (2016). He is also the editor of Popular Music Fandom (2014).

Introduction Part I: Identities 1. Directions in Music Fan Research: Undiscovered Territories and Hard Problems 2. A Long Strange Trip: The Continuing World of European Deadheads 3. "Anyone who Calls Muse a Twilight Band will be Shot on Sight": Music, Distinction, and the "Interloping Fan" in the Twilight Franchise 4. Diva Worship and the Sonic Search for Queer Utopia 5. Making Monsters: Lady Gaga, Fan Identification, and Social Media 6. "His Soul Was Wandering and Holy": Employing and Contesting Religious Terminology in Django Fandom 7. My Music, Not Yours: Ravings of a Rock-and-Roll Fanatic Part II: Fan Practices 8. Fan Practices 9. Autechre and Electronic Music Fandom: Performing Knowledge Online through Techno-Geek Discourses 10. New Economy of Fandom 11. "Bandom Ate My Face": The Collapse of the Fourth Wall in Online Fan Fiction 12. Filming Concerts for YouTube: Seeking Recognition in the Pursuit of Cultural Capital 13. Penfriendships, Exchange Economies, and "FBs": Take That Fans Networking before the Digital Revolution 14. Smells Like Focus Group Spirit? The Changing Nature of Pop Fandom and its Deployment as a Political Tool Conclusion