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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811894803321

Titolo

The fan fiction studies reader / / edited by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, Iowa : , : University Of Iowa Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60938-250-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HelleksonKaren <1966->

BusseKristina <1967->

Disciplina

809.3

Soggetti

Fan fiction - History and criticism

Literature and the Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction:  Why a Fan Fiction Studies Reader Now?""; ""Part 1. Fan Fiction as Literature""; ""1. Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers""; ""2. Roberta Pearson, Itâ€?s Always 1895:  Sherlock Holmes in Cyberspace""; ""3. Cornel Sandvoss, The Death of the Reader? : Literary Theory and the Study of Texts in Popular Culture""; ""Part 2. Fan Identity and Feminism""; ""4. Joanna Russ, Pornography by Women for Women, with Love""; ""5. Patricia Frazer Lamb and Diana l. Veith, Romantic Myth, Transcendence, and Star Trek Zines""

""6. Sara Gwenllian Jones, The Sex Lives of Cult Television Characters""""Part 3. Fan Communities and Affect""; ""7. Camille Bacon-Smith, Training New Members""; ""8. Nicholas Abercrombie and Brian Longhurst, Fans and Enthusiasts""; ""9. Constance Penley, Future Men""; ""Part 4. Fan Creativity and Performance""; ""10. Kurt Lancaster, Performing in Babylon�Performing in Everyday Life""; ""11. Francesca Coppa, Writing Bodies in Space: Media Fan Fiction as Theatrical Performance""; ""Bibliography""; ""Permissions""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

An essential introduction to a rapidly growing field of study, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader gathers in one place the key foundational texts of the fan studies corpus, with a focus on fan fiction. Collected here are



important texts by scholars whose groundbreaking work established the field and outlined some of its enduring questions. Editors Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse provide cogent introductions that place each piece in its historical and intellectual context, mapping the historical development of fan studies and suggesting its future trajectories.Organized into four thematic sectio