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Introduction Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture and Identity	p. 3
Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking: Selections from The Terra Nostra Underground and Strange Bedfellows	p. 9
A Sociology of Television Fandom	p. 41
Collecting Comic Books: A Study of the Fan and Curatorial Consumption	p. 55
Redeeming Values: Retail Coupon and Product Refund Fans	p. 71
"Lookit That Hunk of Man!": Subversive Pleasures, Female Fandom, and Professional Wrestling	p. 87
Talking About Soaps: Communicative Practices in a Computer-Mediated Fan Culture	p. 111
Uncertain Utopia: Science Fiction Media Fandom and Computer Mediated Communication	p. 131
Male Pair-Bonds and Female Desire in Fan Slash Writing	p. 153
WAR OF THE WORLDS: Richard Chaves, Paul Ironhorse, and the Female Fan Community	p. 179
Secrets, Closets, and Corridors Through Time: Negotiating Sexuality and Gender Through Dark Shadows Fan Culture	p. 199
Is There a Text in This Audience? Science Fiction and Interpretive Schism	p. 219
Author Index	p. 249
Subject Index	p. 255
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