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With stories of hysterical teenagers and obsessive fans killing for their heroes, fans and fandom get a bad press. The Adoring Audience looks deeper into fan culture, particularly as it relates to identity, sexuality and textual production.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book identifies the aspects of fandom which are shared by all of us; wondering why, in light of this fact, "fans" are often villified and misrepresented by the media. It draws some very interesting conclusions, and works against people's pre-conceptions of the "deranged" fan. After the problems which have supposedly occurred with celebrities turning against their fans on the internet, the points raised by this book become even more poignant.
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3 July 2000
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'The Adoring Audience' is a collection of essays by academics,journalists and other writers about fans, 'fandom' and fan behaviour. All articles shed light in one way or another on the phenomenon of fandom from a number of different persepctives: John Fiske writes about 'The Cultural Economy of Fandom'; Cheryl Cline looks at female rock 'n' roll fans; Lisa Lewis examines fan stories on film; and Joli Jensen alerts us to the dangers of dismissing ardent fans as 'pathological.' Both Elvis fans and 'Beatlemania' come under the microscope too. The articles are presented without apology or explanation or with any idea that there should be a cohesion of position across the entire volume (unless of course it is that 'fandom' is interesting!). As a result, a chapter which clearly 'pathologises' fans follows on from an article which states that it is unhelpful to do precisely that. There are many contradictions in the ideas in this book. I liked that. It really made you examine the arguments put forward more rigorously. I think I am only rating it a four star book because I don't really feel it is the 'last word' on this subject. It was a great place to start to think about fans and fandom, but at the end of it I did not feel as though the experience of being a fan and the taboos associated with fandom in society had been emptied of charge and meaning and mystery. I think perhaps my favourite chapter was Fred and Judy Vermorel's 'A Glimpse of the Fan Factory' - a collection of extracts from fan letters to celebrities like Kate Bush and David Bowie, excerpts from radio and television shows too - in which fans unguardedly write and speak their minds about their fan objects. Although some of the writers are clearly deeply disturbed and 'unusual' - and some bizarrely unselfconscious and naive - some of these letters have a curious beauty and power which is difficult to describe . . . little pieces of people's hearts and lives, sent out to the adored they will never meet. Amazing reading.
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