Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination

@inproceedings{Abercrombie1998AudiencesAS,
  title={Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination},
  author={Nicholas Abercrombie and Brian Longhurst},
  year={1998}
}
Changing Audiences Changing Paradigms of Research Forms of the Audience Spectacle and Narcissism Imagination and Resources Fans and Enthusiasts The Spectacle/Performance Paradigm Methods, Issues and Theories 
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