Not just another powerless elite?: When media fans become subcultural celebrities

Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-118

  Hills, Matt ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917410161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203715406     Document Type: Chapter

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