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Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts (Transmedia: Participatory Culture and Media Convergence)
Judith Fathallah
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Description for Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts (Transmedia: Participatory Culture and Media Convergence)
Hardcover. A close analysis of the notions of authorship in fanfiction related to Sherlock, Supernatural, and Game of Thrones and the fictions' sites, receptions, and fan rejections. Series: Transmedia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0 black and white; 17 full color. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 20.
The production, reception and discussion of fanfiction is a major aspect of contemporary global media. 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, reception, and fan rejections of fanfic demonstrate how the genre works to legitimate itself through traditional notions of authorship, even as it deconstructs the author figure and contests traditional discourses of authority. Through a process she identifies as the 'legitimation paradox', Fathallah demonstrates ... Read more
The production, reception and discussion of fanfiction is a major aspect of contemporary global media. 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, reception, and fan rejections of fanfic demonstrate how the genre works to legitimate itself through traditional notions of authorship, even as it deconstructs the author figure and contests traditional discourses of authority. Through a process she identifies as the 'legitimation paradox', Fathallah demonstrates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Condition
New
Series
Transmedia
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089649959
SKU
V9789089649959
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About Judith Fathallah
Judith M. Fathallah teaches media, and cultural studies at Bangor University in Wales. She is the author of several articles on fandom, TV Studies and popular culture.
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