The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom
1st Edition
Published on 28. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-367-52806-5 (ISBN)
Description
The field of fan studies has seen exponential growth in recent years and this companion brings together an internationally and interdisciplinarily diverse group of established scholars to reflect on the state of the field and to point to new research directions. Engaging an impressive array of media texts and formats and incorporating a variety of methodologies, this collection is organized into six main sections: methods and ethics, technologies and practices, identities, race and transcultural fandom, industry, and futures. Each section concludes with a conversation among some of the field's leading scholars and industry insiders to address a wealth of questions relevant to each section topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
851 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-52806-5 (9780367528065)
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Persons
Melissa A. Click's work on fans, audiences, and popular culture has been published in Television & New Media, the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Popular Communication, Popular Music & Society, Transformative Works & Cultures, and in the anthologies Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World and in Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century. She is editor of a forthcoming anthology on anti-fandom and co-editor of Bitten by Twilight.
Suzanne Scott is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Transformative Works and Cultures, Cinema Journal, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and New Media & Society, as well as numerous anthologies, including Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (2nd Edition), How to Watch Television, and The Participatory Cultures Handbook. Her current book project examines the gendered tensions underpinning the media industry's embrace of fans within convergence culture.
Suzanne Scott is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Transformative Works and Cultures, Cinema Journal, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and New Media & Society, as well as numerous anthologies, including Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (2nd Edition), How to Watch Television, and The Participatory Cultures Handbook. Her current book project examines the gendered tensions underpinning the media industry's embrace of fans within convergence culture.
Content
Section One: Methods and Ethics
Section Introduction
The Ethics of Studying Online Fandom
Kristina Busse
Always-On Fandom, Waiting, and Bingeing: Psychoanalysis as an Engagement with Fans' "Infra-ordinary" Experiences
Matt Hills
Archaeologies of Fandom: Using Historical Methods to Explore Fan Cultures of the Past
Kathy Fuller-Seeley
Surveying Fandom: The Ethics, Design and Use of Surveys in Fan Studies
Lucy Bennett
Approaches to Understanding Identity: Gamers, Fans, and Research Methods
Libby Hemphill, Carly A. Kocurek, and Xi Rao
Vidding and/as Pedagogy
Katherine E. Morrissey
Fannish Identities and Scholarly Responsibilities: A Conversation
Will Brooker, Mark Duffett, and Karen Hellekson
Section Two: Technologies and Practices
Section Introduction
The Fan Fiction Gold Rush, Generational Turnover, and the Battle for Fandom's Soul
Mel Stanfill
Tumblr Fan Aesthetics
Louisa Stein
Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage
Rebecca Williams
Fan Curators and Gateways into Fandom
Derek Kompare
From Model Building to 3D Printing: Star Trek and Build Code Across the Analog/Digital Divide
Bob Rehak
"We're not There": Fans, Fan Studies and the Participatory Continuum
Rhiannon Bury
"You're Terrible, Don't Ever Change!": How Identity, Rule Following, and Research Roadblocks Lend Meaning to Ambivalent Fan Engagement
Whitney Phillips
Music Fandom in the Digital Age: A Conversation
Nancy Baym, Daniel Cavicchi, and Norma Coates
Section Three: Identities
Section Introduction
The Queer Politics of Femslash
Julie Levin Russo
(Un)covering Masculinities in Cover Song Videos
Frederik Dhaenens
"He's a Real Man's Man": Pro Wrestling and Negotiations of Contemporary Masculinity
Sam Ford
Everyday Costume: Feminized Fandom, Retail, and Beauty Culture
Elizabeth Affuso
The Invasion of Loki's Army? Understanding Comic Culture's Increasing Awareness of Female Fans
Matthew A. Cicci
Accessing Fan Cultures: Disability, Digital Media, and Dreamwidth
Elizabeth Ellcessor
Class, Capital and Collecting in Media Fandom
Lincoln Geraghty
"Just to Pique Them". Takings Sides, Social identity and Sport Audiences
Vivi Theodoropoulou
Vidding and Identity: A Conversation
Francesca Coppa, Alexis Lothian, and Tisha Turk
Section Four: Race and Transcultural Fandom
Section Introduction
The Invisible Bag of Holding: Whiteness and Media Fandom
Benjamin Woo
(Black Female) Fans Strike Back: The Emergence of the Iris West Defense Squad
Kristen J. Warner
Filipinos' Forced Fandom of U.S. Media: Protests against The Daily Show and Desperate Housewives as Bids for Cultural Citizenship
Abigail De Kosnik
Charting Latinx Fandom
Jillian M. Baez
Transnational Media Fan Studies
Lori Morimoto
Exploring Local Fandom: Celebrities' Fans in the Global-Local Nexus
Hilde Van den Bulck
Advancing Transcultural Fandom: A Conversation
Bertha Chin, Aswin Punathambekar, and Sangita Shresthova
Section Five: Industry
Section Introduction
The Bigger Picture: Drawing Intersections Between Comics, Fan, and Industry Studies
Alisa Perren and Laura Felschow
Conspicuous Convention: Industry Interpellation and Fan Consumption at San Diego Comic-Con
Anne Gilbert
Fans and Merchandise
Avi Santo
Fannish Affect, "Quality" Fandom, and Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
Melanie Kohnen
"Are you ready for this?" "I don't know if there's a choice.": Cult reboots, The X-Files Revival, and Fannish Expectations
Bethan Jones
Platform Fandom
Jeremy Wade Morris
Industry/Fan Relations: A Conversation
Ivan Askwith, Britta Lundin, and Aja Romano
Section Six: Futures of Fan Studies
Section Introduction
Negotiating Fandom: The Politics of Racebending
Henry Jenkins
Fantagonism, Franchising, and Industrial Management of Fan Privilege
Derek Johnson
41. Aging, Fans, and Fandom
Lee Harrington and Denise Bielby
42. Class "Then" and Class 'Now' in Hotel Cerise
John Tulloch
43. Board Gamers as Fans
Paul Booth
44. Futures of Fan Studies: A Conversation
Melissa A. Click, Jonathan Gray, Jason Mittell, and Suzanne Scott
Section Introduction
The Ethics of Studying Online Fandom
Kristina Busse
Always-On Fandom, Waiting, and Bingeing: Psychoanalysis as an Engagement with Fans' "Infra-ordinary" Experiences
Matt Hills
Archaeologies of Fandom: Using Historical Methods to Explore Fan Cultures of the Past
Kathy Fuller-Seeley
Surveying Fandom: The Ethics, Design and Use of Surveys in Fan Studies
Lucy Bennett
Approaches to Understanding Identity: Gamers, Fans, and Research Methods
Libby Hemphill, Carly A. Kocurek, and Xi Rao
Vidding and/as Pedagogy
Katherine E. Morrissey
Fannish Identities and Scholarly Responsibilities: A Conversation
Will Brooker, Mark Duffett, and Karen Hellekson
Section Two: Technologies and Practices
Section Introduction
The Fan Fiction Gold Rush, Generational Turnover, and the Battle for Fandom's Soul
Mel Stanfill
Tumblr Fan Aesthetics
Louisa Stein
Fan Tourism and Pilgrimage
Rebecca Williams
Fan Curators and Gateways into Fandom
Derek Kompare
From Model Building to 3D Printing: Star Trek and Build Code Across the Analog/Digital Divide
Bob Rehak
"We're not There": Fans, Fan Studies and the Participatory Continuum
Rhiannon Bury
"You're Terrible, Don't Ever Change!": How Identity, Rule Following, and Research Roadblocks Lend Meaning to Ambivalent Fan Engagement
Whitney Phillips
Music Fandom in the Digital Age: A Conversation
Nancy Baym, Daniel Cavicchi, and Norma Coates
Section Three: Identities
Section Introduction
The Queer Politics of Femslash
Julie Levin Russo
(Un)covering Masculinities in Cover Song Videos
Frederik Dhaenens
"He's a Real Man's Man": Pro Wrestling and Negotiations of Contemporary Masculinity
Sam Ford
Everyday Costume: Feminized Fandom, Retail, and Beauty Culture
Elizabeth Affuso
The Invasion of Loki's Army? Understanding Comic Culture's Increasing Awareness of Female Fans
Matthew A. Cicci
Accessing Fan Cultures: Disability, Digital Media, and Dreamwidth
Elizabeth Ellcessor
Class, Capital and Collecting in Media Fandom
Lincoln Geraghty
"Just to Pique Them". Takings Sides, Social identity and Sport Audiences
Vivi Theodoropoulou
Vidding and Identity: A Conversation
Francesca Coppa, Alexis Lothian, and Tisha Turk
Section Four: Race and Transcultural Fandom
Section Introduction
The Invisible Bag of Holding: Whiteness and Media Fandom
Benjamin Woo
(Black Female) Fans Strike Back: The Emergence of the Iris West Defense Squad
Kristen J. Warner
Filipinos' Forced Fandom of U.S. Media: Protests against The Daily Show and Desperate Housewives as Bids for Cultural Citizenship
Abigail De Kosnik
Charting Latinx Fandom
Jillian M. Baez
Transnational Media Fan Studies
Lori Morimoto
Exploring Local Fandom: Celebrities' Fans in the Global-Local Nexus
Hilde Van den Bulck
Advancing Transcultural Fandom: A Conversation
Bertha Chin, Aswin Punathambekar, and Sangita Shresthova
Section Five: Industry
Section Introduction
The Bigger Picture: Drawing Intersections Between Comics, Fan, and Industry Studies
Alisa Perren and Laura Felschow
Conspicuous Convention: Industry Interpellation and Fan Consumption at San Diego Comic-Con
Anne Gilbert
Fans and Merchandise
Avi Santo
Fannish Affect, "Quality" Fandom, and Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
Melanie Kohnen
"Are you ready for this?" "I don't know if there's a choice.": Cult reboots, The X-Files Revival, and Fannish Expectations
Bethan Jones
Platform Fandom
Jeremy Wade Morris
Industry/Fan Relations: A Conversation
Ivan Askwith, Britta Lundin, and Aja Romano
Section Six: Futures of Fan Studies
Section Introduction
Negotiating Fandom: The Politics of Racebending
Henry Jenkins
Fantagonism, Franchising, and Industrial Management of Fan Privilege
Derek Johnson
41. Aging, Fans, and Fandom
Lee Harrington and Denise Bielby
42. Class "Then" and Class 'Now' in Hotel Cerise
John Tulloch
43. Board Gamers as Fans
Paul Booth
44. Futures of Fan Studies: A Conversation
Melissa A. Click, Jonathan Gray, Jason Mittell, and Suzanne Scott