All for love: The corn fandom, prosumers, and the Chinese way of creating a superstar

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-543

  Yang, Ling ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corns; Fan labour; Free labour; Mainland China; Music entertainment industry; Prosumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349733247     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877909337863     Document Type: Article

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