Bickerdike, Jennifer Otter.

Secular religion of fandom : - New Delhi Sage 2016 - x, 108 pages : illustrations, - Sage swifts .

'The Secular Religion of Fandom' examines the function of fandom, specifically the visiting of spaces which have been recently deemed worthy of sanctification and a newly elevated status of importance. It examines how such pilgrimages are used as a means for forming and maintaining a common language of culture, creating a replacement apparatus based on more traditional frameworks of religious worship and salvation, while becoming an ever more dominant mechanism for constructing individuality and finding belonging in a commodified culture

9781473907799


Subculture
Fans (Persons)
Mass media

306.1 / BIC/S

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