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Record Nr.

UNINA9910309955703321

Autore

Fathallah Judith

Titolo

Fanfiction and the Author / Judith May Fathallah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2017

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-003-69528-0

1-04-078910-2

90-485-2908-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Transmedia

Classificazione

EC 2120

Disciplina

791

Soggetti

Literature and the Internet

Popular culture

Fan fiction

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. From Foucault To Fanfic -- 2. Methodology -- 3. The White Man At The Centre Of The World: Masculinity In Sherlock -- 4. 'I Am Your King': Authority In Game Of Thrones -- 5. 'I'M A God': The Author And The Writing Fan In Supernatural -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through a rigorous quantitative/qualitative discourse analysis - never before undertaken in relation to online fanfiction and its reception - 'Fanfiction and the Author' demonstrates how fanfic relating to Sherlock, Game of Thrones and Supernatural works to change and consolidate the discourses of masculinity, authority, and authorship created through these TV texts. As a result, this book innovatively explores how fanfic - the unauthorized creative (re)writing of media fans - alters the discursive formations of popular culture. This, the first large-scale study of fanfic to employ an approach attentive to the sites, receptions, and fan rejections of fanfic, demonstrates that fanfic often legitimates itself through traditional notions of authorship. However, in



its explicit discussion and deconstruction of the author figure, fan culture is also beginning to contest those traditional discourses of authority upon which it has depended, paving the way for new kinds of writing that challenge the authority of media professionals.