Crossing borders virtual and real: a transnational Internet-based community of Spaghetti Western fans finally meet each other face to face on the wild plains of Almeria, Spain

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 304-318

  Broughton, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

appropriation USA; border crossing; ethnography; fan cultures; interaction Internet; Internet; mobilities Italy; Spaghetti Westerns; tourism; tourism studies Spain; travel writing; virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855928679     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2011.613475     Document Type: Article

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