Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : multicultural and distant Australia / Celia Lam and Jackie Raphael -- Fanac in isolation : Australian science fiction fandom to Easter 1966 / Leigh Edmonds -- Bridging distance : Hemsworth and Hiddleston bring NYC to QLD / Celia Lam and Jackie Raphael -- K-pop fandom in Australia / Sarah Keith -- Part of the party : Eurovision fans in Australia / Jessica Carniel -- Soap opera fandom in Australia / Ahmet Atay -- "Everybody needs good neighbours" : transcultural capital, fan pilgrimage and the official neighbours tour / Lincoln Geraghty -- "The Nina effect" : offspring and the commodification of fan affect? / Renee Middlemost -- Underbelly : squizzy : the producer/fan online interface in Australian television, an auto-ethnographic case study / Ian Dixon -- "We're not just listening to the radio" : Australian radio listeners as fans / Kate Ames and Jacqui Ewart -- Postdigital cultures of downloading and streaming in Australia : fandom and a Game of thrones / Toija Cinque -- Australian and American cosplayers, two scenes separated by a common practice / Sharon Elkind -- A brief history of cosplay in Australasian popular culture conventions / Emerald L. King.
Summary:
"Aussie Fans explores how Australian fans react to international and local media. It offers insight into the types of media content that attract Australian fans, the organization of fan communities, and fan-producer interactions within an Australian context. Distance is an overarching theme within the book, which is explored through discussions of local and global popular culture, online and offline fan activity, and role of fandom in Australian media. With a focus on the experiences of specific fan groups and media events, the case studies in this book offer historical and contemporary commentary on the influence that distance has on the experience of fandom in Australia"-- Provided by publisher.
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