To Lucinda and Marz—for walking to the end of the world with me

Thanks to my editor, Kellie M. Hultgren, for her clarity, precision, and craft

Grateful acknowledgment to Jennifer McGee, PhD, professor of communication at Aichi Shukutoku University, Japan, for sharing her wealth of information on fandom history and practices

 

Text copyright © 2018 by Francesca Davis DiPiazza

 

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: DiPiazza, Francesca, 1961– author.

Title: Fandom : fic writers, vidders, gamers, artists, and cosplayers / by Francesca Davis DiPiazza.

Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017010738 (print) | LCCN 2017027499 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512498875 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512450491 (lb : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Subculture. | Fans (Persons) | Mass media—Social aspects. | Mass media and culture.

Classification: LCC HM646 (ebook) | LCC HM646 .D57 2017 (print) |

DDC 302.23—dc23

 

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010738

 

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