Publication

2014 - McFarland & Company

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10078647694X
  • ISBN-139780786476947
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014000029
  • OCLC Control Number859384983
  • Better World Books9780786476947
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN6714.I8 2014
  • LCCPN6714 .I8 2014

Description

"This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego's Comic-Con international, the largest annual celebration of the popular arts in North America. Working from a common grounding in fan studies, these individual explorations examine a range of cultural practices at an event drawing crowds of nearly 150,000 each summer"--

Subjects

Topics

MarketingSocial aspectsPopular cultureComic book fansComic books, stripsSan Diego Comic-ConCollectors and collecting

Other Editions

  • It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture PhenomenonMcFarland & Company2014-01-01

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