The Celebrity Imprint: Fan–Celebrity Attachments and Religious Work Among Fans of John Lennon and Johnny Cash
Based on in-depth interviews, this article examines the relationships fans develop with John Lennon and Johnny Cash. Fan attachments consist of an initial curiosity, to a more profound emotional bond or relationship with "religious" underpinnings. An externalized sense of self and the conc...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
2022
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-126 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lennon, John 1940-1980
/ Cash, Johnny 1932-2003
/ Fan
/ Religion
/ Identification
/ Affective bonding
/ Qualitative interview
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
religious work
B extension of the self B Johnny Cash B John Lennon B Fandom B interpretive drift B Religion B the Beatles B Identity |
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| Summary: | Based on in-depth interviews, this article examines the relationships fans develop with John Lennon and Johnny Cash. Fan attachments consist of an initial curiosity, to a more profound emotional bond or relationship with "religious" underpinnings. An externalized sense of self and the concept of a product of popular culture doing the work of religion highlight how fans develop relationships because they see more of themselves in the celebrity than do other fans. The notion of gradual development of an interpretive lens helps explain how these shifts happen over time. I conclude by considering what degrees of fan attachment say about the relationship between celebrity fandom and religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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