This book argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relationships with places of meaning.
This book argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relationships with places of meaning.
Rebecca Williams is Senior Lecturer in Communication, Culture and Media Studies at the University of South Wales. She is the author of Post-Object Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2015) and editor of Torchwood Declassified (I.B. Tauris, 2013) and Everybody Hurts (University of Iowa Press, 2018). Her work has been published in journals such as Celebrity Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, Continuum, Participations, Popular Communication, and Cinema Journal.
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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2.Understanding the Contemporary Theme Park: Theming Immersion & Fandom 3. Fandom Brandom & Plandom: Haptic Fandom Anticipatory Labour & Digital Knowledge 4. Extending the Haunted Mansion: Spatial Poaching Participatory Narratives & Retrospective Transmedia 5. Of Mice and Minions: Hierarchy 'Ani-embodiment' & 'Metonymic Celebrity' in the Theme Park Character Encounter 6. Turkey Legs Dole Whip and Duff: Consumables Diegetic Paratexts & 'Cult-Culinary' Objects 7. Embodied Transmedia & Paratextual-Spatio Play: Consuming Collecting & Costuming Theme Park Merchandise 8. Replacing & Remembering Rides: Ontological Security Authenticity & Online Memorialisation 9. Conclusion: Ways Forward for Theme Park & Fan Studies Index
