Conclusion

I began this research for two reasons. One, I have spent much of my life being a fan. One of my first memories is of being four years old, and cutting pictures out of my mother’s magazines of Lynda Carter, the bosomy actress who played the lead on my favourite TV show, Wonder Woman. I would then carefully paste them in to a special folder for further examination at a later time. This early behaviour paved the way for adolescent obsession, writing letters to teen heartthrobs and later being an avid collector of all things related to Morrissey / the Smiths and Joy Division. Second, I selfishly wanted to understand myself, my actions and my beliefs better. Why did I feel so strongly the need to go to places associated with people whom I only knew through song lyrics and massively distributed images? Why did they hold such a place of importance in my life?