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Cavicchi, Daniel Robert. "Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning Among Springsteen Fans," American Civilization Program, Brown University, May 1996.
Media critics and journalists often stereotype music fans as unhealthy or dangerous. This study addresses such stereotypes by focusing on the ways in which Bruce Springsteen fans themselves understand their attachment to Springsteen and his music and how their activities as fans enable them to shape identity, create community, and make sense of the world. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research as well as my own experiences as a fan, the text is a product of a dialogic editing process and juxtaposes fans’ own stories and ideas about their experiences with theories from anthropology, folklore, musicology, and literary criticism.
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