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A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies
Paul Booth brings together an impressive range of scholars, disciplines, and approaches in his Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies. Engaging with the most current research and broadening the field to include previously neglected topics, this collection raises the bar for fan studies scholarship.
Kristina Busse, University of South Alabama
Paul Booth (Edited by)
9781119237167, Wiley
Hardback, published 18 April 2018
584 pages
24.6 x 17.8 x 3.1 cm, 1.021 kg
A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections—Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies—the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study.
Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Part I Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies 11 1 Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture 13 2 Foundational Discourses of Fandom 27 3 Literature Fandom and Literary Fans 47 4 The Fan Experience 65 5 Soap Fans, Revisited 77 6 Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music Antifandom 91 7 Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media 107 8 Ethics in Fan Studies Research 123 Part II Fan Practices 143 9 Make Space for Us! Fandom in the Real World 145 10 Nostalgia, Fandom and the Remediation of Children’s Culture 161 11 Fan Fashion: Re‐enacting Hunger Games through Clothing and Design 175 12 Slash/Drag: Appropriation and Visibility in the Age of Hamilton 189 13 “Becoming a Part of the Storytelling”: Fan Vidding Practices and Histories 207 Part III Fandom and Cultural Studies 225 14 “Angry False‐Teeth‐Chattering Mayhem”: Synecdochic Fandom, Representation and Performance in Mature Woman Fandom of British Professional Wrestling 227 15 It’s About Who You Know: Social Capital, Hierarchies and Fandom 243 16 Ontological Security and the Politics of Transcultural Fandom 257 17 Fandom and Otaku 277 18 Otaku Pedestrians 289 19 The Unbearable Whiteness of Fandom and Fan Studies 305 20 Who Do You Mean by “Fan?” Decolonizing Media Fandom Identity 319 21 Racebending and Prosumer Fanart Practices in Harry Potter Fandom 333 Part IV Digital Fandom 349 22 Tumblr Pedagogies 351 23 Active Fandom: Labor and Love in The Whedonverse 369 24 “May We Meet Again”: Social Bonds, Activities, and Identities in the #Clexa Fandom 385 25 Of Spinoffs and Spinning Off 401 26 #AskELJames, Ghostbusters, and #Gamergate: Digital Dislike and Damage Control 415 27 Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities 431 28 “Fate Has a Habit of Not Letting Us Choose Our Own Endings”: Post‐object Fandom, Social Media and Material Culture at the End of Hannibal 447 Part V The Future of Fan Studies 461 29 Understanding Which Fandom? Insights from Two Decades as a Music Fan Researcher 463 30 Implicit Fandom in the Fields of Theatre, Art, and Literature: Studying “Fans” Beyond Fan Discourses 477 31 Janeites and Sherlockians: Literary Societies, Cultural Legitimacy, and Gender 495 32 Porn Consumers as Fans 509 33 Kant/Squid (The Fanfiction Assemblage) 521 34 Interdisciplinarity in Fan Studies 539 Index 553
Paul Booth
Henry Jenkins
Daniel Cavicchi
Alexandra Edwards
Karen Hellekson
C. Lee Harrington and Denise Bielby
Ross Garner
Lucy Bennett
Ruth A. Deller
Lynn Zubernis and Katherine Larsen
Lincoln Geraghty
Nicolle Lamerichs
Francesca Coppa
Katharina Freund
Tom Phillips
Bertha Chin
Lori Morimoto
Miranda Ruth Larsen
Marc Steinberg and Edmond Ernest dit Alban
Mel Stanfill
Rukmini Pande
Jessica Seymour
Melanie E.S. Kohnen
Casey J. McCormick
Mélanie Bourdaa
Louisa Stein
Bethan Jones
Katie Wilson
Rebecca Williams
Mark Duffett
Matt Hills
Roberta Pearson
Alan McKee
Anne Jamison
Tisha Turk
Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
