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Post-object fandom : television, identity and self-narrative /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Television programs > United States > Psychological aspects.
Television viewers > United States > Psychology.
Television programs > Psychological aspects.
Television viewers > Psychology.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the beginning of the end
  • Ontological security, self-identity and post-object fandom
  • Departures, deaths and replacements: when characters leave
  • "The constant in my life": the reiteration discourse
  • "Turning off the life support": the rejection discourse
  • Moving on?: the renegotiation discourse
  • "Living in DVD-land": post-object fandom, re-watching and digital media
  • Continuing the show: interim fandom, resurrections and fan-created texts
  • Conclusion: immortal fandom.