The Politics of Fandom: Conflicts That Divide Communities

ISBN-13: 9781476676005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 223 str.

Hannah Mueller

Spis treści

Acknowledgments
Fandom Divided: An Introduction
Platforms and Conventions: (Hi)stories of Conflict and Community
1. "Preserving harmony in all the fan field": The Great Exclusion, the Breen Boondoggle and the Debate Over Community
2. "For the first time, we got to do some shouting back": RaceFail '09, or: Journal-Based Fandom as Alternative Public Sphere
3. "Yep, the Hugo award might be RUINED!": Geek Masculinity, Puppygate and the Reputation of the Hugo Awards
Fiction and Reality: Between Transmedia Marketing and Social Critique
4. "A Loser Like Me": A Community of Outsiders, Fan Activism and Transmedia Marketing in Glee Fandom
5. "We Are the Districts": Fans' Reactions to Lionsgate's Hunger Games Transmedia Marketing Campaign
The State of Fandom: An Outlook
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index