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Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth (Contemporary Ethnography)
Camille Bacon-Smith
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Description for Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth (Contemporary Ethnography)
Paperback. Having ninety percent of its members who are women, this is a study of the worldwide community of fans of "Star Trek" and other genre television series who create and distribute fiction and art based on their favorite series. This community includes people from various walks of life - housewives, librarians, and professors of medieval literature. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
A study of the worldwide community of fans of Star Trek and other genre television series who create and distribute fiction and art based on their favorite series. This community includes people from all walks of life-housewives, librarians, secretaries, and professors of medieval literature. Ninety percent of its members are women.
A study of the worldwide community of fans of Star Trek and other genre television series who create and distribute fiction and art based on their favorite series. This community includes people from all walks of life-housewives, librarians, secretaries, and professors of medieval literature. Ninety percent of its members are women.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Series
Contemporary Ethnography
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812213799
SKU
V9780812213799
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About Camille Bacon-Smith
By Camille Bacon-Smith
Reviews for Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth (Contemporary Ethnography)
Bacon-Smith's many years of skillful ethnographic research and lucid prose help nonfans understand the cultural and theoretical significance of the fan-produced fiction, artwork, and social relations that make fandom so cohesive and critically essential to its members. . . . Both males and females in communications, sociology, ethnography, psychology, and women's studies will benefit from this fine book. -Choice ... Read more