Fans and Fan Cultures

Tourism, Consumerism and Social Media

Henrik Linden, Sara Linden

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Palgrave Macmillan
19 January 2017

Popular culture; Consumerism; Tourism industry

Exploring the ambiguous relationship between fandom and consumer culture, this book provides a critical overview of fans, fan cultures and fan experiences in relation to the broader experience and transformation economy. Fans and Fan Cultures discusses key theoretical concepts concerning celebrity, fandoms, subculture, consumerism and marketing through a range of examples in film, travel and tourism, football and music. With an emphasis on social media, and how various online platforms are utilised by brands, artists and fans, the authors explore how this type of communication often contributes to trivialising authentic expressions of cultural and social values and identities.

By: Henrik Linden, Sara Linden
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 4.199kg
ISBN: 9781137501271
ISBN 10: 1137501278
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 19 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henrik Linden is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Industries Management at the University of East London, UK, where he is Programme Leader for the BA in Tourism Management. Sara Linden is Lecturer in Cultural Policy and Tourism at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Reviews for Fans and Fan Cultures: Tourism, Consumerism and Social Media

Linden and Linden offer a well-organized and executed analysis of what it means to be a fan in a world driven by the dissolution of transnational and transcultural borders, a neoliberal market in which everything-especially fan labor-can be capitalized upon, and an anxiety-fueled experience economy. (Alexandra Fong, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Issue 13, 2020)