Fandom, Second Edition: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World

Published by New York University Press 2017

Fandom, Second Edition

Identities and Communities in a Mediated World

Edited by: Jonathan Gray , Cornel Sandvoss and C. Lee Harrington

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479845453.001.0001

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About this book

A completely updated edition of a seminal work on fans and communities

We are all fans. Whether we follow our favorite celebrities on Twitter, attend fan conventions such as Comic Con, or simply wait with bated breath for the next episode of our favorite television drama—each of us is a fan.

Recognizing that fandom is not unusual, but rather a universal subculture, the contributions in this book demonstrate that understanding fans--whether of toys, TV shows, celebrities, comics, music, film, or politicians--is vital to an understanding of media audiences, use, engagement, and participatory culture in a digital age.

Including eighteen new, original essays covering topics such as activism directed at racism in sports fandom, fan/producer interactions at Comic Con, the impact of new technologies on fandom, and the politics and legality of fanfic, this wide-ranging collection provides diverse approaches to fandom for anyone seeking to understand modern life in our increasingly mediated, globalized and binge-watching world.

Author / Editor information

Gray Jonathan :

Jonathan Gray is Hamel Family Distinguished Chair in Communication Arts, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author and editor of numerous books, including Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts (2010), Fandom, Second Edition (2017), Keywords for Media Studies (2017), and Satire TV (2009), as well as Television Studies (with Amanda D. Lotz), and A Companion to Media Authorship (with Derek Johnson).Sandvoss Cornel :

Cornel Sandvoss is Professor of Media and Journalism and co-founding Director of Centre of Participatory Culture at the University of Huddersfield.Harrington C. Lee :

C. Lee Harrington is Professor of Sociology at Miami University. She is the author (with Denise D. Bielby) of Soap Fans (1995) and Global TV (2008).

Reviews

Paul Booth,author of Digital Fandom 2.0 and Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital:
This new edition ofFandom takes fan studies in exciting new directions, providing a crucial intervention into the way the field is evolving. Thought-provoking and mature, it will change the way we think about the next generation of fan scholarship. A fantastic book.

Jason Mittell,Middlebury College:
An excellent collection, the second edition ofFandomcontinues to push the boundaries of fan studies in bold directions. Reflecting the new developments in the field, this lively, engaging, and high-quality volume will be the go-to book for anyone engaged with the future of fan culture.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction. Why still study fans? Cornel Sandvoss, Jonathan Gray and C. Lee Harrington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Fan texts and objects
1. The death of the reader?: literary theory and the study of texts in popular culture Cornel Sandvoss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
2. Intimate intertextuality and performative fragments in media fanfiction Kristina Busse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Media academics as media audiences: aesthetic judgments in media and cultural studies Matt Hills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4. Copyright law, fan practices, and the rights of the author (2017) Rebecca Tushnet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
5. Toy fandom, adulthood, and the ludic age: creative material culture as play Katriina Heljakka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Part II. Spaces of fandom
6. Loving music: listeners, entertainments, and the origins of music fandom in nineteenth- century America Daniel Cavicchi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
7. Resisting technology in music fandom: nostalgia, authenticity, and Kate bush’s “before the dawn” Lucy Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
8. I scream therefore i fan?: music audiences and affective citizenship Mark Duffett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
9. A sort of homecoming: fan viewing and symbolic pilgrimage Will Brooker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
10. Reimagining the imagined community: online media fandoms in the age of global convergence Lori Hitchcock Morimoto and Bertha Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Part III. Temporalities of fandom
11. Do all “good things” come to an end?: revisiting Martha Stewart fans after imclone Melissa A. Click Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
12. The lives of fandoms Denise D. Bielby and C. Lee Harrington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
13. “what are you collecting now?”: Seth, comics, and meaning management Henry Jenkins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
14. Sex, utopia, and the queer temporalities of fannish love Alexis Lothian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Part IV. The fan citizen: fan politics and activism
15. the news: you gotta love it Jonathan Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
16. memory, archive, and history in political fan fiction Abigail De Kosnik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
17. Between rowdies and rasikas: rethinking fan activity in Indian film culture Aswin Punathambekar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
18. Black twitter and the politics of viewing scandal Dayna Chatman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
19. Deploying oppositional fandoms: activists’ use of sports fandom in the redskins controversy Lori Kido Lopez and Jason Kido Lopez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Part V. Fan labor and fan- producer interactions
20. Ethics of fansubbing in anime’s hybrid public culture Mizuko Ito Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
21. Live from Hall H: Fan/Producer Symbiosis at San Diego Comic- Con Anne Gilbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
22. Fantagonism: Factions, Institutions, and Constitutive Hegemonies of Fandom Derek Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
23. The Powers That Squee: Orlando Jones and Intersectional Fan Studies Suzanne Scott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
24. Measuring Fandom: Social TV Analytics and the Integration of Fandom into Television Audience Measurement Philip M. Napoli and Allie Kosterich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	402
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423

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Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Illustrations
- Other: 6 black and white illustrations

eBook

Published: August 28, 2017
ISBN: 9781479845453