A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies

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.

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Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Paul Booth Part I Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies 11 1 Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture 13 Henry Jenkins 2 Foundational Discourses of Fandom 27 Daniel Cavicchi 3 Literature Fandom and Literary Fans 47 Alexandra Edwards 4 The Fan Experience 65 Karen Hellekson 5 Soap Fans, Revisited 77 C. Lee Harrington and Denise Bielby 6 Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music Antifandom 91 Ross Garner 7 Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media 107 Lucy Bennett 8 Ethics in Fan Studies Research 123 Ruth A. Deller Part II Fan Practices 143 9 Make Space for Us! Fandom in the Real World 145 Lynn Zubernis and Katherine Larsen 10 Nostalgia, Fandom and the Remediation of Children's Culture 161 Lincoln Geraghty 11 Fan Fashion: Re?-enacting Hunger Games through Clothing and Design 175 Nicolle Lamerichs 12 Slash/Drag: Appropriation and Visibility in the Age of Hamilton 189 Francesca Coppa 13 "Becoming a Part of the Storytelling": Fan Vidding Practices and Histories 207 Katharina Freund 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 Tom Phillips 15 It's About Who You Know: Social Capital, Hierarchies and Fandom 243 Bertha Chin 16 Ontological Security and the Politics of Transcultural Fandom 257 Lori Morimoto 17 Fandom and Otaku 277 Miranda Ruth Larsen 18 Otaku Pedestrians 289 Marc Steinberg and Edmond Ernest dit Alban 19 The Unbearable Whiteness of Fandom and Fan Studies 305 Mel Stanfill 20 Who Do You Mean by "Fan?" Decolonizing Media Fandom Identity 319 Rukmini Pande 21 Racebending and Prosumer Fanart Practices in Harry Potter Fandom 333 Jessica Seymour Part IV Digital Fandom 349 22 Tumblr Pedagogies 351 Melanie E.S. Kohnen 23 Active Fandom: Labor and Love in The Whedonverse 369 Casey J. McCormick 24 "May We Meet Again": Social Bonds, Activities, and Identities in the #Clexa Fandom 385 Mélanie Bourdaa 25 Of Spinoffs and Spinning Off 401 Louisa Stein 26 #AskELJames, Ghostbusters, and #Gamergate: Digital Dislike and Damage Control 415 Bethan Jones 27 Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities 431 Katie Wilson 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 Rebecca Williams Part V The Future of Fan Studies 461 29 Understanding Which Fandom? Insights from Two Decades as a Music Fan Researcher 463 Mark Duffett 30 Implicit Fandom in the Fields of Theatre, Art, and Literature: Studying "Fans" Beyond Fan Discourses 477 Matt Hills 31 Janeites and Sherlockians: Literary Societies, Cultural Legitimacy, and Gender 495 Roberta Pearson 32 Porn Consumers as Fans 509 Alan McKee 33 Kant/Squid (The Fanfiction Assemblage) 521 Anne Jamison 34 Interdisciplinarity in Fan Studies 539 Tisha Turk Index 553