Fanfiction and the author: How fanfic changes popular cultural texts
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Whether you look at quantity, quality, or readership, we are in an unprecedented era of fan fiction. Thus far, however, the genre has been subject to relatively little rigorous qualitative or quantitative study—a problem that Judith M. Fathallah remedies here through close analysis of fanfiction related to Sherlock, Supernatural, and Game of Thrones. Her large-scale study of the sites, receptions, and fan rejections of fanfic demonstrate how it often legitimates itself through traditional notions of authorship even as its explicit discussion and deconstruction of the author figure contests traditional discourses of authority and opens new spaces for writing that challenges the authority of media professionals.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| ISBN (print) | 9789089649959 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Transmedia |
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| Publisher | Amsterdam University PRess |
Research outputs (1)
- Published
Transparency and reciprocity: Respecting fannish spaces in scholarly research
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review