Do you have a favourite quote about fandom that you want to talk about? Do you like writing meta? Have you ever disagreed with us? Write a Guest Post! If you’re interested, contact us on Twitter, Tumblr, through email or
Fanhackers relaunches new and improved website
The team behind Fanhackers, the OTW’s project to make fan studies research accessible to fans, is excited to announce the relaunch of our WordPress site. Over the past years, we’ve built a wonderful following on Tumblr with quotes from academic and non-academic research
TWC No.29: Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color
transformativeworksandcultures: Vol 29 (2019): Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color, Edited by Abigail DeKosnik & andré carrington EditorialAbigail DeKosnik & andré carrington, Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color TheoryAbigail De Kosnik, Relationshipping Nation: Philippines/US fan art and fan
New issue of Transformative Works and Cultures!
Volume 26 of Transformative Works and Cultures is out. This is a special issue on social TV fandom and the media industries that was edited by Myles McNutt. On the article pages, click through on the “HTML” link next to
Special issue CFP: Fan Studies Methodologies (1/1/19; 3/15/20)
transformativeworksandcultures: Fan studies is an interdisciplinary field, with scholars in disciplines ranging from cultural studies to law, from sociology to library science, all bringing their unique perspectives to bear on research about fans. As a result, fan studies is methodologically
TWC No. 25 is published
transformativeworksandcultures: Table of Content Editorial Editor, Copyright and Open Access Theory Catherine Coker, The margins of print? Fan fiction as book history E. J. Nielsen, Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies as reclamatory fan work Lesley
New fan studies research – June 20th, 2017
A weekly list of new/recent fan studies research that’s just been added to the Fan Studies Bibliography. Works are divided into things that are open access (=immediately readable for anyone) and not open access (=behind a paywall or not yet
transformativeworksandcultures: Vol 24 (2017): Special Issue Queer Female Fandom Edited by Julie Levin Russo and Eve Ng Table of Content Editorial Eve Ng and Julie Levin Russo Envisioning queer female fandom Theory Eve Ng, Between text, paratext, and context: Queerbaiting
New fan studies research – June 13th, 2017
A weekly list of new/recent fan studies research that’s just been added to the Fan Studies Bibliography. Works are divided into things that are open access (=immediately readable for anyone) and not open access (=behind a paywall or not yet
New fan studies research – June 6th, 2017
A weekly list of new/recent fan studies research that’s just been added to the Fan Studies Bibliography. Works are divided into things that are open access (=immediately readable for anyone) and not open access (=behind a paywall or not yet