Textual Poachers

The thirty-fifth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins’s Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption, and media theory.Supplementing the original, classic text is a brand-new introduction written by Henry Jenkins where he reflects on: the legacy of Textual Poachers, changes in the field of fandom studies since its original publication, what fan studies still has to offer media and cultural studies as a whole, and where he sees fandom studies going next. It also features two brand new chapters on Race and Fandom and Global Perspectives. Conversation on Race and Fandom brings together the key figures currently incorporating critical perspectives on race and racism into fan studies research and reflecting on what an anti-racist and decolonized approach to fandom studies might look like. Global Perspectives brings together lead figures of fandom studies in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America to share their take on what the field looks like in their country and where it might be going next.This is essential reading for students, researchers, and scholars of fandom, participatory culture, consumer culture, popular culture, and media theory.The eResource (available here: www.routledge.com/9781041290360) features an accompanying teaching guide by Louisa Stein, which provides suggestions for the way Textual Poachers can be used in the contemporary classroom, along with discussion questions that encourage students to consider fan cultures in relation to consumer capitalism, genre, race, gender, sexuality, and more.