Introduction -- 1. Domesticating the Airwaves -- 2. Early Domestic Goddesses: Competing Discourses of Domestic Expertise -- 3. The Gardener and the Chef: Broadcasting Celebrities 1930s Style -- 4. Domesticity Under Fire: Fractured and Extended -- 5. From Austerity to Consumer Wonderland: Post-War Domesticities -- 6. Broadening Domestic Realities: Soaps, Documentaries, and Working Class Domesticities in the 1960s and 1970s -- 7. The Personal Becomes Political: Domesticity in Turmoil and As a Political Object -- 8. Still Contesting and Idealising Domesticity -- Afterword: An Uncertain Future for Domesticity and Broadcast Media -- Bibliography -- Index.
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A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections—Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies—the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study.