Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth

by Camille Bacon-Smith

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812213793
• ISBN13: 9780812213799
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"