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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Textual poachers / Henry Jenkins -- It's always 1895: Sherlock Holmes in cyberspace / Roberta Pearson -- The death of the reader? Literary theory and the study of texts in popular culture / Cornel Sandvoss -- Pornography by women for women, with love / Joanna Russ -- Romantic myth, transcendence, and Star Trek zines / Patricia Frazer Lamb and Diana L. Veith -- The sex lives of cult television characters / Sara Gwenllian Jones -- Training new members / Camille Bacon-Smith -- Fans and enthusiasts / Nicholas Abercrombie and Brian Longhurst -- Future men / Constance Penley -- Performing in Babylon- performing in everyday life / Kurt Lancaster -- Writing bodies in space: media fan fiction as theatrical performance / Francesca Coppa. |
| Summary |
An essential introduction to a rapidly growing field of study, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader gathers in one place the key foundational texts of the fan studies corpus, with a focus on fan fiction. Collected here are important texts by scholars whose groundbreaking work established the field and outlined some of its enduring questions. Editors Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse provide cogent introductions that place each piece in its historical and intellectual context, mapping the historical development of fan studies and suggesting its future trajectories.Organized into four thematic sections, the essays address fan-created works as literary artifacts; the relationship between fandom, identity, and feminism; fandom and affect; and the role of creativity and performance in fan activities. Considered as literary artifacts, fan works pose important questions about the nature of authorship, the meaning of "originality," and modes of transmission. Sociologically, fan fiction is and long has been a mostly female enterprise, from the fanzines of the 1960s to online forums today, and this fact has shaped its themes and its standing among fans. The questions of how and why people become fans, and what the difference is between liking something and being a fan of it, have also drawn considerable scholarly attention, as has the question of how fans perform their fannish identities for diverse audiences. Thanks to the overlap between fan studies and other disciplines related to popular and cultural studies-including social, digital, and transmedia studies-an increasing number of scholars are turning to fan studies to engage their students. Fan fiction is the most extensively explored aspect of fan works and fan engagement, and so studies of it can often serve as a basis for addressing other aspects of fandom. These classic essays introduce the field's key. |
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Questions and some of its major figures. Those new to the field or in search of context for their own research will find this reader an invaluable resource. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fan fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fan fiction. |
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Literature and the Internet.
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Literature and the Internet. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Subject |
Fanfiction. |
| Added Author |
Hellekson, Karen, 1966- editor.
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Busse, Kristina, 1967- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fan Fiction Studies Reader 9781609382278 (DLC) 2013037857 (OCoLC)863196260 |
| ISBN |
9781609382506 (electronic book) |
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1609382501 (electronic book) |
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9781609382278 |
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1609382277 |
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