Bibliographische Detailangaben
Beteiligte: Bolling, Ben, Smith, Matthew J.
veröffentlicht: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2014.
©2014.
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Umfang: 1 online resource (215 pages)
ISBN: 9781476614472
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Sprache: Englisch
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Print version:: Bolling, Ben, It Happens at Comic-Con, Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers,c2014
Kollektion: E-Books adlr
Inhaltsangabe

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 150,000 each summer. Investigations range from the practices of fans costuming themselves to the talk of corporate marketers. The collection seeks to expand fan studies in general and to explore more deeply into Comic-Con International than any publication before it.

Intro
Table of Contents
Foreword: Visiting Comic-Con, Revisiting Comic Book Culture (Matthew Pustz)
Introduction: The Pilgrimage to Comic-Con (Matthew J. Smith)
Part I: Identity and Play at Comic-Con
Actualized Fantasy at Comic-Con and the Confessions of a "Sad Cosplayer" (Kane Anderson)
"Love to Mess with Minds": En(gendering) Identities Through Crossplay (Catherine Thomas)
Part II: Gendered Fandom
Queer Conversations: LGBTIQ Consumer/Producer Interface at Comic-Con and the Intransitive Writing of Comics (Ben Bolling)
Soaring to New (?) Heights: Cute, Tough, Geek Girls and Post-Feminist Discourse (Lisa H. Kaplan)
You Don't Own Me: The Representation of Twilight Fandom MELISSA MILLER
Part III: Negotiating Fandom Through Communicative Practice
"What Can You Tell Me About [Blank]?" Exploring the Social Rules of Fan Talk (Brian Swafford)
Facing Front True Believers: Panels as Exercises in Image Management (Jon Judy and Brad Palmer)
"You are not a true geek, I am": The Role of Communicative Aggression in Geek Culture (Chad Wertley)
Part IV: Technology and Participation
"Ask me about my zombie plan": Fan Dissection and Female Participation in RedvsBlue (Cameron Catalfu)
Where Are the Web Shows? (Tanya D. Zuk)
Part V: Attending Con
What Are We Waiting For? A Look at Line Culture (Regina C. Gasser)
Tense Proximities Between CCI's Comic Book Consumers, Fans and Creators (Christian Sager)
The Volunteer Experience: Meaning, Motivation and Role Conflict in a Temporary Organization (Michael J. Tornes)
Afterword (Randy Duncan and Pete M. Coogan)
References
About the Contributors
Index.