Gay fandom and crossover stardom : James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves / by DeAngelis, Michael, 1957-

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Fanatics! : power, identity, and fandom in football /

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Reading Sex and the city /

Table of Contents: “…In love with Sarah Jessica Parker : celebrating female fandom and friendship in Sex and the city /…”
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Fear and loathing in world football /

Table of Contents: “…Lion roars : myth, identity and Millwall fandom /…”
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The Adoring audience : fan culture and popular media /

Table of Contents: “…Pt. 1. Defining fandom -- Fandom as pathology : the consequences of characterization / Joli Jenson -- The cultural economy of fandom / John Fiske -- Is there a fan in the house? …”
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Rush, rock music and the middle class : dreaming in Middletown / by McDonald, Chris, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…"Anywhere but here" : Rush and suburban desires for escape -- "Swimming against the stream" : individualism and middle-class subjectivity in Rush -- "The work of gifted hands" : professionalism and virtuosity in Rush's style -- "Experience to extremes" : discipline, detachment, and excess in Rush -- "Reflected in another pair of eyes" : representations of Rush fandom -- "Scoffing at the wise?" : Rush, rock criticism, and the middlebrow.…”
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Dressed to impress : looking the part /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Sartor Resartus restored: dress studies in Carlylean perspective -- A comparative exploration of dress and the presentation of self as implicit religion -- An 'informalizing spurt' in clothing regimes: court ballet in the civilizing process -- Land of hip and glory: fashioning the 'classic' national body -- Multiple meanings of the Hijab in contemporary France -- Gestus manifests Habitus: dress and the Mormon -- Vampires and goths: fandom, gender and cult dress -- The fall and rise of erotic lingerie -- Dress freedom: the personal and the political.…”
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Hollywood bloodshed : violence in 1980s American cinema / by Kendrick, James, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The mainstreaming of Hollywood screen violence -- A bloody Renaissance: screen violence and the rise of the new Hollywood auteurs -- Retreating from the world of revolution: controversies over screen violence at the dawn of the Reagan era -- Pure action, packaged violence: the role of the action film in 1980s Hollywood -- Fighting outward, looking inward: violence in the 1980s Vietnam film -- Disavowing horror: independent production, fandom, and the fetishizing of makeup special effects -- Children in danger: screen violence, Steven Spielberg, and the PG-13 rating -- Conclusion: Fashioning a new screen violence from the old in the 1990s.…”
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Triumph of a time lord : regenerating Doctor Who in the twenty-first century / by Hills, Matt, 1971-

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Contemporary Spanish cultural studies /

Table of Contents: “…Media pleasures: reading the telenovela / Hugh O'Donnell ; 28. Football and fandom in Spain / Liz Crolley -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.…”
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