Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures

Rebecca Williams

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2020

Theme Park Fandom

Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures

Rebecca Williams

Volume 8 in the series Transmedia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048532612

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About this book

This book argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relationships with places of meaning.

Author / Editor information

Williams Rebecca :

Rebecca Williams is Senior Lecturer in Communication, Culture and Media Studies at the University of South Wales. She is the author of Post-Object Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2015) and editor of Torchwood Declassified (I.B. Tauris, 2013) and Everybody Hurts (University of Iowa Press, 2018). Her work has been published in journals such as Celebrity Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, Continuum, Participations, Popular Communication, and Cinema Journal.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Understanding the Contemporary Theme Park : Theming, Immersion and Fandom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Fandom, Brandom and Plandom : Haptic Fandom, Anticipatory Labour and Digital Knowledge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4. Extending the Haunted Mansion : Spatial Poaching, Participatory Narratives and Retrospective Transmedia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
5. Of Mice and Minions : ‘Ani-embodiment’ and ‘Metonymic Celebrity’ in the Theme Park Character Encounter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Turkey Legs, Dole Whip and Duff : Consumables, Diegetic Paratexts and ‘Cult-Culinary’ Objects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
7. Embodied Transmedia and Paratextual-Spatio Play : Consuming, Collecting and Costuming Theme Park Merchandise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
8. Replacing and Remembering Rides : Ontological Security, Authenticity and Online Memorialization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
9. Conclusion: Ways Forward for Theme Park and Fan Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 260
Keywords: Fandom; theme parks; transmediality; participatory culture; place

eBook

Published: February 17, 2020
ISBN: 9789048532612