Title: Popular stories and promised lands : fan cultures and symbolic pilgrimages /
Authors: Aden, Roger C. 1962-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Popular culture United States History; Mass media Social aspects United States; Narration (Rhetoric) Social aspects United States.; Narration (Rhetoric) Psychological aspects United States.; Fans (Persons) United States Psychology.; Imaginary places in mass media.; Escape (Psychology) United States.; Narration (Rhetoric) Psychological aspects.
Contents: Introduction: I'm a Big Fan: Popular Stories, Habitus, and Places That Matter -- pt. 1. Theoretical Development. 1. The Search for Promised Lands: Dominant Visions of Sacred Places in U.S. Culture. 2. The Foundations of Symbolic Pilgrimage: Theoretical Conversations About Places That Matter. 3. Symbolic Pilgrimages: Experiencing Popular Stories as Purposeful, Imaginary-Yet-Real Journeys -- pt. 2. Illustrations. 4. Exiled in Cubeville, Striving for Nerdvana: Dilbert as a Critique of Phony Meritocracy. 5. Transforming the Panopticon Into the Funhouse: Negotiating Disorientation in The X-Files. 6. Playing in a Perfect Place: Sports Illustrated and an American Elysian Field. 7. Integrating Self and Community as a Means of Finding Homes: The Shift from Consumerism to Altruistic Producerism in Field of Dreams -- Conclusion: The Return Home.