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“Hautsch's book is a game-changer: her central idea of "critical closeness" ("a mode of reading and response that is deeply emotional, embodied, and communal") unites many previous strands of fan studies and, in its clear opposition to (male, white) literary-critical ideas of "critical distance," opens up new ways not only to think about fan works but about art in general. Drawing on cognitive psychology and performance studies, Mind, Body, and Emotion in the Reception and Creation Practices of Fan Communities unites two historically different theories of fanworks: one which sees them as a site of emotion and community, and one which sees them as critical responses to media culture. Hautsch undoes these facile oppositions and puts thinking back into the body, connecting fandom's emotional and analytical responses.” —Francesca Coppa, Professor of English and Film Studies, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, USA This book argues that fans’ creative works form a cognitive system; fanfic, fanvids, and gifs are not simply evidence of thinking, but acts of thinking. Drawing on work in cognitive linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive philosophy, and psychology—particularly focused on 4-E cognition, which rejects Cartesian dualism–this project demonstrates that cognition is an embodied, emotional, and distributed act that emerges from fans’ interactions with media texts, technological interfaces, and fan collectives. This mode of textual engagement is deeply physical, emotional, and social and is enacted through fanworks. By developing a theory of critical closeness, this book proposes a methodology for fruitfully putting cognitive science in conversation with fan studies. Jessica Hautsch is an assistant professor in the Humanities Department at New York Institute of Technology. She earned her PhD from Stony Brook University, where she also taught as a lecturer with the Program in Writing and Rhetoric. Her work offers a phenomenological interrogation of fan communities, exploring how the cognitive humanities, performance studies, and fandom intersect. She is an avid fan of Buffy, Game of Thrones, D&D, and emo.

Audiences. --- Fan and Audience Studies. --- Audiences, Communication --- Communication audiences --- Communication --- Spectators --- Social aspects

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"Inverser la perspective et regarder les spectateurs : tel est le point de vue adopté pour interroger comment les Grecs et les Romains de l’Antiquité, si férus de spectacles de toute nature, théâtrale, sportive, religieuse, politique, ont été eux-mêmes spectaculaires. Comment dans les gradins du théâtre, du cirque ou de l’amphithéâtre, au passage d’une procession ou dans l’auditoire d’un sermon chrétien, manifestaient-ils leur présence, leur adhésion ou leur contestation ? Dans quelle mesure ces manifestations étaient-elles attendues, codifiées ou redoutées par les organisateurs ? En prêtant ou en refusant leur attention, visuelle et polysensorielle, à une performance, tous avaient une part active dans son succès. Pour retrouver les corps, les émotions, les passions de ces spectateurs disparus, le livre parcourt des textes, des images, les traces matérielles qu’ils ont laissées, depuis la Grèce archaïque jusque dans l’Antiquité tardive."--

Theatrical science --- Roman history --- History of ancient Greece --- spectators [event observers] --- Greece --- Social life and customs. --- Performing arts --- Performing arts in literature --- Collective behavior in literature --- Audiences --- History

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This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most ardent passions among its spectators. Curiously, an undertaking to compare on a large scale the forms extreme fandom takes in these two geographical areas is still lacking. A situational analysis of the scientific literature devoted to the subject over the last two or three decades represents a step in this direction, making a scattered store of knowledge accessible. It thus answers a need to clarify regional differences in identities and in the practices of supporters. .

Soccer fans --- Social aspects --- Soccer --- Soccer spectators --- Sports spectators --- Fans --- Sports—Sociological aspects. --- Culture. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Political sociology. --- Political science. --- Sport Sociology. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Social Theory. --- Political Sociology. --- Political Science. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Sociological aspects --- Soccer fans.