In order to create a transformative work based on canon work, a fan would need to recognize several elements of said canon. One of these elements might not be an inherent part of the transformativeness but it has become a
Literacy skills in fandom
Shannon Sauro talks about how effective fandom can be for learning foreign languages and gaining efficiency in a given language. They talk about RPG blogs here: In such fan-based RPGs, individual players are responsible for the creation and maintenance of
Fandom and Fidesz
There is a paper about the very illiberal state I’m from, in the new Transformative Works and Culture issue. Instead of commenting on it, I offer a less than clever alliteration with the name of the governing party (Alliance of
Fan fiction as media analysis
Soon, we’ll have an entire issue revolving around fan fiction and pedagogy. Let’s look at some already existing scholarship on the topic. The practice of fanfic writing itself is an analysis of the media that the fanfic is based on
The practice of fanfic writing itself is an analysis of the media that the fanfic is based on and allows young people to explore themes that are often unaddressed in popular media (including the media that fans love) and to
Racebent Harry and Ronan fan work offers queer-of-color revisions of the characters, centering around queer romances for both boys—Harry with school rival Draco Malfoy, and Ronan with his in-series boyfriend Adam Parrish. By depicting two characters of color at the
Textual poacher reread, part 2
The fans’ response typically involves not simply facination or adoration but also frustration and antagonism, and it is the combination of the two responses which motivates their active engagement with the media. Because popular narratives often fail to satisfy, fans
Transformative fandom and media fandom
I am rereading Henry Jenkin’s Textual Poacher (after all, going back to one’s roots is not an unusual habit around this time of the year) and I stumbled upon this statement: There are, of course, many different type of fans
Femslash recs
Did you know you can even find recs in scholarship? Well, maybe not exactly, but they do mention examples of the practices they are talking about and when that practice is “dealing with race in a way the source material
Racial dynamics of online femslash fandoms
For further reading about femslash (and especially for an intersectional reading about it), I highly recommend Rukmini Pande’s and Swati Moitra’s work. We seek to locate the ways in which such queer fans grapple with critiques of misogyny and homophobia