{"product_id":"9783662729243","title":"Admirers, Fanciers and Devotees The Early History of Fandom","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSzene \u0026amp; Horizont. Theaterwissenschaftliche Studien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAdmirers, Fanciers and Devotees\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Early History of Fandom\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDaniel Cavicchi | Stephan Michael Schröder\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first multidisciplinary perspective on the formation and practices of fandoms before the term 'fan' was borrowed from the world of sport to describe enthusiastic filmgoers in the 1910s. The focus is on nineteenth-century theatre, opera and literature, where fannish audiences were indispensable participants in the emerging cult of celebrity surrounding actors, opera singers and writers, although their presence was almost obscene and consequently rarely acknowledged in scholarship. Drawing on the insights of Fandom studies, the articles in this volume add the necessary dimension of fannish audiences to the history of the performing arts and literature since at least the eighteenth century, as a counterpart to the development of stage and literary celebrities.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, the contributions also broaden the perspective of the flourishing field of Fandom Studies, which has a predilection for fan cultures from the 1960s onwards (and especially for digital fan cultures). Therefore, one of the main questions will be how historical forms of fandom can actually be researched methodologically, e.g. by drawing on historical ethnography. In addition, such an extension of the 'era of the fan' to the two centuries before the 20th century requires a discussion of the semantic fields from which the terminologies for describing fannish behaviour were borrowed before the breakthrough of the term 'fan'.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephan Michael Schröder: since 2005 Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the Department of Scandinavian and Finnish Studies at the University of Cologne. Currently PI of a DFG-project on \"Fan mail to Danish film stars in the 1910s. Exploring the agency and practices of early film fans\" (2024-2027).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Cavicchi: Professor of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences at Rhode Island School of Design. Author of \u003cem\u003eListening and Longing: Music Lovers in the Age of Barnum\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eTramps Like Us: Music and Meaning Among Springsteen Fans\u003c\/em\u003e (1998). Co-editor of \u003cem\u003eMy Music: Explorations of Music in Daily Lif\u003c\/em\u003ee (1993).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Berlin Heidelberg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eJ.B. Metzler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783662729243\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e167\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385335275660,"sku":"9783662729243","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783662729243.jpg?v=1780599749","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783662729243","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}