Cult collectors nostalgia, fandom and collecting popular culture - Geraghty, Lincoln 1977- (London Routledge, 2014)
Stereotypes. Contesting comic book guy: stereotypes of the nerd, fan and cult collector in film and television -- Movie magic: collecting, authenticity and the enduring fandom of Hollywood memorabilia -- People. Masculine pursuits? Gender, generation and the fan collector -- Repackaging generation one: genre, memory and the remediation of the Transformers in contemporary fan culture -- Places. From convention space to fan heterotopia: popular fandom and the cult geographies of the San Diego Comic-Con -- Playing with the force: fan identity, cultural capital and Star Wars toy collecting -- Spaces. Trading on the popular: shops, megastores, online spaces and the culture of fan consumption -- (Re)constructing childhood memories: nostalgia, narrative and the expanded worlds of lego fandom -- conclusion: collecting history, collecting the self.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-196) and index.
Includes filmography.
Keywords: Fans (Persons) -- Psychology; Mass media -- Social aspects; Mass media and culture; Collectors and collecting -- Social aspects; Motion pictures -- Collectibles; Television broadcasting -- Collectibles