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Written from an insider's perspective and providing vivid examples from fan artifacts, Textual Poachers offers an ethnographic account of the media fan community, its interpretive strategies, its social institutions and cultural practices, and its troubled relationship to the mass media and... read more
First Sentence
When Star Trek star William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) appeared as a guest host of Saturday Night Live, the program chose this opportunity to satirize the fans of his 1960s television series.
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- Henry Jenkins (Author)
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