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Audiences Audiences A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination Nicholas Abercrombie & Brian Longhurst SAGE Publications London · Thousand Oaks · New Delhi © Nicholas Abercrombie and Brian Longhurst 1998 First published 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publishers. O SAGE Publications Ltd I 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash-I New Delhi 110 048 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13 978-0-8039-8962-7 Library of Congress catalog card number 97-062467 Contents Acknowledgemen ts vii Introduction 1 1 Changing Audiences; Changing Paradigms of Research 3 2 Forms of the Audience 39 3 Spectacle and Narcissism 77 4 Imagination and Resources 99 5 Fans and Enthusiasts 121 6 The Spectacle/Performance Paradigm: Methods, Issues and Theories 159 References 181 Index 191 Acknowledgements A s always, a large number of people have participated in the writing of this book. NA would particularly like to thank Baz Kershaw, Maria Shevstova and Nigel Whiteley for their guidance in new territory. He would also like to pay tribute - again - to the extraordinary intellectual atmosphere of the University of Lan- caster. BL has found discussions of various audiences with Gaynor Bagnall, Tony Kearon, Tony King, Jason Rutter and Greg Smith of great help, particularly in the stimulation of ideas and the compar- ison of different contexts and approaches. Thanks as ever to Bernadette Oxley, James Oxley-Longhurst and Tim Oxley- Longhurst for performances, audience activity and much more. For Harry Patterson and to the memory of Betty Patterson and for Bernadette, James and Tim
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