Aden, Roger C.,  1962- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>058509702X 9780585097022 9780817391256 0817391258 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.<br/>Fans (Persons)--Psychology.--United States<br/>Imaginary places in mass media.<br/>Escape (Psychology)--United States.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.<br/>Escape (Psychology)<br/>Fans (Persons)--Psychology.<br/>Imaginary places in mass media.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)--Psychological aspects.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)--Social aspects.<br/>Popular culture.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E169.12  / .A224 1999eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306/.0973