Enterprising Women by Camille Baconsmith
A study of the worldwide community of fans of Star Trek and other genre television series who create and distribute fiction and art based on their favorite series. This community includes people from all walks of life—housewives, librarians, secretaries, and professors of medieval literature. Ninety percent of its members are women.
"Enterprising Women offers a picture of one of the few models around for female community and self-affirmationRather than accepting the passive female images and consumer values purveyed by most TV shows, women fan-fiction writers have adapted television to their own purposes." * Women's Review of Books *
"Bacon-Smith's many years of skillful ethnographic research and lucid prose help nonfans understand the cultural and theoretical significance of the fan-produced fiction, artwork, and social relations that make fandom so cohesive and critically essential to its members. . . . Both males and females in communications, sociology, ethnography, psychology, and women's studies will benefit from this fine book." * Choice *
"Bacon-Smith's many years of skillful ethnographic research and lucid prose help nonfans understand the cultural and theoretical significance of the fan-produced fiction, artwork, and social relations that make fandom so cohesive and critically essential to its members. . . . Both males and females in communications, sociology, ethnography, psychology, and women's studies will benefit from this fine book." * Choice *
Camille Bacon-Smith has a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to the Bradley, Ryan, and Davis series, she has written a short paranormal romance set at a vampire catering company and two books of scholarship about the science fiction and media fan fiction communities. As Curt Benjamin, she has written the Seven Brothers epic fantasy series. She can be found at camillebaconsmith.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812213799 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812213793 |
| Title | Enterprising Women |
| Author | Camille Baconsmith |
| Series | Contemporary Ethnography |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 1991-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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