Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Histories and Contexts of International Cash Fandom
1 First Encounters with International Cash Fandom: The Irish Shopkeeper and the Norwegians 13
2 I Am Cash, We Are Cash: Thinking about Cash as a Visual Icon 29
3 On Authenticity and Americana: Cash as Representative Icon Abroad 38
4 Cash on Paper: Global Fandom Before and After the Internet 52
5 What English Fans Make of Johnny Cash: Class, Culture, and Belonging 65
Part 2 A Year in the Life of Cash Fans around the World
6 Gathering of the Superfans: How Contemporary Cash Fandoms Network, June 2017 87
7 YouTube, Cash Talk, and Trash Talk: Fandom in the Comments, June 2017-June 2018 102
8 A Close Watch on This Song of His: International Fans Cover and Post "Ring of Fire," June 2017-June 2018 115
9 The Outsider: A Veteran Punk Brings Cash to the French, August 2017 129
10 The Performer: A Fan Plays Cash Country, October 2017 141
11 The Collector: Photographing and Displaying Fandom Home and Abroad, June 2018 154
12 The Networker: Making Fan Connections and Encountering Race and Nostalgia in Cashworld, May 2018 164
13 Cash Bombing: Finding Fandom in Portugal, June 2018 183
14 Spike Prison Blues: Reuniting and Networking at a Cash Concert, June 2018 199
Afterword: The Fandom Stops for No One 213
Appendix: The How, Where, and Why of Cash Fandom: Theory and Methodology 217
Notes 225
References 233
Index 243