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From: nancyl@universe.digex.net (Nancy Lebovitz)
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In article ,
Ulrika O'Brien   wrote:
>"Rebecca Ore"  wrote:
>
>>Sharyn's error re fandom was assuming that s.f. fans weren't successful
>>lawyers, doctors, and so forth.  
>
>Actually, I think her error was very probably doing exceptionally
>sloppy ethnographic research, and getting a shallow, surface
>understanding of a complex and extensive culture.  It 
>would have helped the quality of her data a great deal if
>she had used better anthropological method, to include using
>a "native" informant, better yet, several.
>
This is also just guessing, but my bet is that McCrumb despises
people who put a lot of effort into activities that don't bring
worldly success, and saw fandom through her prejudices. 

A little thought would have shown her that convention fandom
recquires both spare time and spare money, and the amount of
activity in dealers' rooms would have suggested that fans mostly
aren't living in poverty.

-- 
Nancy Lebovitz  (nancyL@universe.digex.net) 

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