Through a glass, darkly: The dynamics of fan-celebrity encounters

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-47

  Ferris, Kerry O ^a  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035612447     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2001.24.1.25     Document Type: Article

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