Popular stories and promised lands :
Aden, Roger C., 1962-
Popular stories and promised lands : fan cultures and symbolic pilgrimages / Roger C. Aden. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages). - Studies in rhetoric and communication . - Studies in rhetoric and communication. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.
Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter -- Theoretical Development -- The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture -- The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter -- Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys -- Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy -- Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files -- Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field -- Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams -- Conclusion: The Return Home.
058509702X 9780585097022 9780817391256 0817391258
1900-1999
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects--United States.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.
Fans (Persons)--Psychology.--United States
Imaginary places in mass media.
Escape (Psychology)--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Escape (Psychology)
Fans (Persons)--Psychology.
Imaginary places in mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
Popular culture.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
E169.12 / .A224 1999eb
306/.0973
Popular stories and promised lands : fan cultures and symbolic pilgrimages / Roger C. Aden. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, �1999. - 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages). - Studies in rhetoric and communication . - Studies in rhetoric and communication. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.
Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter -- Theoretical Development -- The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture -- The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter -- Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys -- Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy -- Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files -- Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field -- Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams -- Conclusion: The Return Home.
058509702X 9780585097022 9780817391256 0817391258
1900-1999
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Mass media--Social aspects--United States.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects--United States.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.
Fans (Persons)--Psychology.--United States
Imaginary places in mass media.
Escape (Psychology)--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
Escape (Psychology)
Fans (Persons)--Psychology.
Imaginary places in mass media.
Mass media--Social aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.
Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.
Popular culture.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
E169.12 / .A224 1999eb
306/.0973