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series of icons illustrating Letters, Conventions, Zines, Vids, Usenet, The Web, Blogs, Mobile - Transformative Works and Cultures Volume 20 (2015)

Table of Contents

TWC Editor, Editorial: Works in Progress

Theory

Rebecca Wanzo, African American acafandom and other strangers: New genealogies of fan studies

Kathryn Hemmann, Queering the media mix: The female gaze in Japanese fan comics

Anne Gilbert, What we talk about when we talk about bronies

J. Richard Stevens, Christopher E. Bell, (Re)examining the attitudes of comic book store patrons

Praxis

Misty Krueger, The products of intertextuality: The value of student adaptations in a literature course

Lise Dilling-Hansen, Affective fan experiences of Lady Gaga

Melanie Piper, Real body, fake person: Recontextualizing celebrity bodies in fandom and film

Mary Ingram-Waters Writing the pregnant man

Andrew Ryan Rico, Fans of Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

Victoria Godwin, Mimetic fandom and one-sixth-scale action figures

Symposium

Maud Lavin, Patti Smith: Aging, fandom, and libido

Joshua Wille, Dead links, vaporcuts, and creativity in fan edit replication

Jasmin Aurora Stoffer, The transformative world of winter fashion in a Nunavik village

Review

Suzanne Scott, Understanding fandom: An introduction to the study of media fan culture, by Mark Duffett

Katie Wilson, Fan studies: Researching popular audiences, edited by Alice Chauvel, Nicolle Lamerichs, and Jessica Seymour

Katherine E. Morrissey, Transmedia storytelling and the new era of media convergence in higher education, by Stavroula Kalogeras

Also great summary of the issue on OTW News!

STOP THE PRESSES. PUT DOWN WHAT YOU’RE READING AND PICK UP REBECCA WANZO THERE AT THE TOP.

I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at the SCMS conference this past spring, and I’ve been waiting for this piece like you would not believe. There’s some great sounding stuff in here, all worth your time, but please, please read Wanzo. She’s really worth it.

TWC Vol. 20 Published
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