'It's all my interpretation': Reading Spike through the subcultural celebrity of James Marsters

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-365

  Hills, Matt ^a   Williams, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Buffy; Celebrity; Fandom; Subculture; Television actors; Textual poachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144484723     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549405054866     Document Type: Review

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