Lincoln Geraghty is Reader in Popular Media Cultures and Director of the Centre for Cultural and Creative Research in the School of Creative Arts, Film and Media at the University of Portsmouth. His research interests lie within the broad contexts of British and American popular culture and he has written extensively in these areas.
Introduction: Glorious Obsessions: Nostalgia, Fandom and Cult Consumption
Part One: Stereotypes Chapter One: Contesting Comic Book Guy: Stereotypes
of the Cult Collector in Film and Television Chapter Two: Movie Magic:
Hollywood Memorabilia and Cinema's Enduring Fandom Part Two: People
Chapter Three - Masculine Pursuits?: Gender, Generation and the Fan
Collector Chapter Four: Repackaging Generation One: Genre, Memory and
Eighties Animated Series as Adult/Children's Television Part Three: Places
Chapter Five - From Convention Space to Collecting Space: Popular Fandom
and Geographies of Cult Media Merchandising Chapter Six: Playing with the
Force: Fan Identity, Cultural Capital and Star Wars Toy Collecting Part
Four: Spaces Chapter Seven: Web Wares: New Media Memories and the
Technologies of Cult Collecting Chapter Eight: Model Fans: Lord of the
Rings Collectibles and the Reproduction of Fantasy Worlds Conclusion
Filmography Bibliography
