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TO LUCINDA AND MARZ—FOR WALKING TO THE END OF THE
WORLD WITH ME

THANKS TO MY EDITOR, KELLIE M. HULTGREN, FOR HER
CLARITY, PRECISION, AND CRAFT

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO JENNIFER MCGEE, PHD,
PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION AT AICHI SHUKUTOKU
UNIVERSITY, JAPAN, FOR SHARING HER WEALTH OF
INFORMATION ON FANDOM HISTORY AND PRACTICES

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: DiPiazza, Francesca, 1961– author.
Title: Fandom : fic writers, vidders, gamers, artists, and cosplayers / by Francesca Davis DiPiazza.
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017010738 (print) | LCCN 2017027499 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512498875 (eb
pdf) | ISBN 9781512450491 (lb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Subculture. | Fans (Persons) | Mass media—Social aspects. | Mass media and
culture.
Classification: LCC HM646 (ebook) | LCC HM646 .D57 2017 (print) |
DDC 302.23—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010738
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-42867-26513-8/7/2017