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

by Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, C. Lee Harrington

Overview

A completely updated edition of a seminal work on fans and how fandom shapes the culture, social relations, economic models, and politics of our age.

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.
 
“An excellent collection, the second edition of Fandom continues 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.” —Jason Mittell, Middlebury College


“This new edition of Fandom 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.” —Paul Booth, author of Digital Fandom 2.0 and Playing Fans

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479815913
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	11/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	443
File size:	912 KB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Still Study Fans? Cornel Sandvoss Jonathan Gray C. Lee Harrington 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 29

2 Intimate Intertextuality and Performative Fragments in Media Fanfiction Kristina Busse 45

3 Media Academics as Media Audiences: Aesthetic Judgments in Media and Cultural Studies Matt Hills 60

4 Copyright Law, Fan Practices, and the Rights of the Author (2017) Rebecca Tushnet 77

5 Toy Fandom, Adulthood, and the Ludic Age: Creative Material Culture as Play Katriina Heljakka 91

Part II Spaces of Fandom

6 Loving Music: Listeners, Entertainments, and the Origins of Music Fandom in Nineteenth-Century America Daniel Cavicchi 109

7 Resisting Technology in Music Fandom: Nostalgia, Authenticity, and Kate Bush's "Before the Dawn" Lucy Bennett 127

8 I Scream Therefore I Fan? Music Audiences and Affective Citizenship Mark Duffett 143

9 A Sort of Homecoming: Fan Viewing and Symbolic Pilgrimage Will Brooker 157

10 Reimagining the Imagined Community: Online Media Fandoms in the Age of Global Convergence Lori Hitchcock Morimoto Bertha Chin 174

Part III Temporalities of Fandom

11 Do All "Good Things" Come to an End? Revisiting Martha Stewart Fans after ImClone Melissa A. Click 191

12 The Lives of Fandoms Denise D. Bielby C. Lee Harrington 205

13 "What Are You Collecting Now?" Seth, Comics, and Meaning Management Henry Jenkins 222

14 Sex, Utopia, and the Queer Temporalities of Fannish Love Alexis Lothian 238

Part IV The Fan Citizen: Fan Politics and Activism

15 The News: You Gotta Love It Jonathan Gray 255

16 Memory, Archive, and History in Political Fan Fiction Abigail De Kosnik 270

17 Between Rowdies and Rasikas: Rethinking Fan Activity in Indian Film Culture Aswin Punathambekar 285

18 Black Twitter and the Politics of Viewing Scandal Dayna Chatman 299

19 Deploying Oppositional Fandoms: Activists' Use of Sports Fandom in the Redskins Controversy Lori Kido Lopez Jason Kido Lopez 315

Part V Fan Labor and Fan-Producer Interactions

20 Ethics of Fansubbing in Anime's Hybrid Public Culture Mizuko Ito 333

21 Live from Hall H: Fan/Producer Symbiosis at San Diego Comic-Con Anne Gilbert 354

22 Fantagonism: Factions, Institutions, and Constitutive Hegemonies of Fandom Derek Johnson 369

23 The Powers That Squee: Orlando Jones and Intersectional Fan Studies Suzanne Scott 387

24 Measuring Fandom: Social TV Analytics and the Integration of Fandom into Television Audience Measurement Philip M. Napoli Allie Kosterich 402

About the Contributors 419

Index 423

Editorial Reviews

"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."

Jason Mittell

"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."

Paul Booth