Fans with a lot at stake: Serious play and mimetic excess in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-449

  Bloustien, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethnography; excess; fandom; fantasy; gender; humour; identity; mimesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993814021     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005004295     Document Type: Article

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