Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies

Paul Booth is Associate Professor at DePaul University and the author of several books, including Crossing Fandoms, Game Play, and Digital Fandom 2.0.

• Notes on Contributors xiAcknowledgments xixIntroduction 1Paul BoothPart I Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies 111 Fandom, Negotiation, and Participatory Culture 13Henry Jenkins2 Foundational Discourses of Fandom 27Daniel Cavicchi3 Literature Fandom and Literary Fans 47Alexandra Edwards4 The Fan Experience 65Karen Hellekson5 Soap Fans, Revisited 77C. Lee Harrington and Denise Bielby6 Not My Lifeblood: Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music Antifandom 91Ross Garner7 Representations of Fans and Fandom in the British Newspaper Media 107Lucy Bennett8 Ethics in Fan Studies Research 123Ruth A. DellerPart II Fan Practices 1439 Make Space for Us! Fandom in the Real World 145Lynn Zubernis and Katherine Larsen10 Nostalgia, Fandom and the Remediation of Children’s Culture 161Lincoln Geraghty11 Fan Fashion: Re‐enacting Hunger Games through Clothing and Design 175Nicolle Lamerichs12 Slash/Drag: Appropriation and Visibility in the Age of Hamilton 189Francesca Coppa13 “Becoming a Part of the Storytelling”: Fan Vidding Practices and Histories 207Katharina FreundPart III Fandom and Cultural Studies 22514 “Angry False‐Teeth‐Chattering Mayhem”: Synecdochic Fandom, Representation and Performance in Mature Woman Fandom of British Professional Wrestling 227Tom Phillips15 It’s About Who You Know: Social Capital, Hierarchies and Fandom 243Bertha Chin16 Ontological Security and the Politics of Transcultural Fandom 257Lori Morimoto17 Fandom and Otaku 277Miranda Ruth Larsen18 Otaku Pedestrians 289Marc Steinberg and Edmond Ernest dit Alban19 The Unbearable Whiteness of Fandom and Fan Studies 305Mel Stanfill20 Who Do You Mean by “Fan?” Decolonizing Media Fandom Identity 319Rukmini Pande21 Racebending and Prosumer Fanart Practices in Harry Potter Fandom 333Jessica SeymourPart IV Digital Fandom 34922 Tumblr Pedagogies 351Melanie E.S. Kohnen23 Active Fandom: Labor and Love in The Whedonverse 369Casey J. McCormick24 “May We Meet Again”: Social Bonds, Activities, and Identities in the #Clexa Fandom 385Mélanie Bourdaa25 Of Spinoffs and Spinning Off 401Louisa Stein26 #AskELJames, Ghostbusters, and #Gamergate: Digital Dislike and Damage Control 415Bethan Jones27 Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities 431Katie Wilson28 “Fate Has a Habit of Not Letting Us Choose Our Own Endings”: Post‐object Fandom, Social Media and Material Culture at the End of Hannibal 447Rebecca WilliamsPart V The Future of Fan Studies 46129 Understanding Which Fandom? Insights from Two Decades as a Music Fan Researcher 463Mark Duffett30 Implicit Fandom in the Fields of Theatre, Art, and Literature: Studying “Fans” Beyond Fan Discourses 477Matt Hills31 Janeites and Sherlockians: Literary Societies, Cultural Legitimacy, and Gender 495Roberta Pearson32 Porn Consumers as Fans 509Alan McKee33 Kant/Squid (The Fanfiction Assemblage) 521Anne Jamison34 Interdisciplinarity in Fan Studies 539Tisha TurkIndex 553