"Fans: The mirror of consumption," by Cornel Sandvoss

Authors

  • Eve Marie Taggart

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2008.039

Keywords:

Theodor Adorno, Camille Bacon-Smith, Deconstructionism, Fandom, Herbert Marcuse

Abstract

Review of Cornel Sandvoss. Fans: The mirror of consumption. Cambridge, MA: Polity, 2005. Hardcover, $59.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0745629728.

Author Biography

Eve Marie Taggart

Eve Taggart has been in fandom since 1999 and has been writing fanfiction much longer, since being inspired to write a Luke Skywalker/Mary Sue romance at the age of 12.

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Published

2008-09-15

Issue

Vol. 1 (2008)

Section

Book review

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