A life course perspective on fandom

In this article we explore a life course perspective on fandom, with particular emphasis on fandom and adult development. While there is growing interest in issues of age and aging within fan studies and within media studies more broadly, there is a tendency in this literature to discuss aging and t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Harrington, C. Lee, Bielby, Denise D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Matrizes (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/119454
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/view/119454
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Estudos sobre fãs
fãs e suas práticas
trajetória de vida
ciclo de vida
Fan studies
fandom
life course
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Sumario:In this article we explore a life course perspective on fandom, with particular emphasis on fandom and adult development. While there is growing interest in issues of age and aging within fan studies and within media studies more broadly, there is a tendency in this literature to discuss aging and the life course atheoretically, ignoring a rich body of scholarship in fields that examines how lives unfold over time. Our goal in this manuscript is to make explicit what is typically rendered implicit in fan studies to enrich our understanding of long-term and later-life fandom, and to suggest ways that fan studies might more fully account for fandom over time