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Why Do Fans Do What They Do?
September 3rd, 2007
Why do people have a continuing fascination with Paris Hilton' Why do they endlessly discuss the sixth season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”' Why is an Afghan version of “American Idol” popular' Fans are devoted to sports figures, Martha Stewart, “Desperate Housewives.” A new book, Fandom, Identities and Communities in a Mediated World, presents an interdisciplinary look at fan studies over the past two decades, discussing culture high and low, faces, places and traits of fans worldwide as well as fans and anti-fans: love and hate. “Most people are fans of something – this collection explores the reasons why,” said co-editor C. Lee Harrington, Miami...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-09-03)
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