Research Catalog

Title

Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet : new essays / edited by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Hellekson, Karen, 1966-
• Busse, Kristina, 1967-

Description

vi, 290 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The essays in this volume explore the world of fan fiction--its purposes, how it is created, how the fan experiences it. Grouped by subject matter, twelve essays cover topics such as genre intersection, sexual relationships between characters, character construction through narrative and the role of the beta reader in online communities"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Fan fiction > History and criticism
• Literature and the Internet

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : work in progress / Kristina Busse, Karen Hellekson -- Fan fiction : a bibliography of critical works -- A brief history of media fandom / Francesca Coppa -- Archontic literature : a definition, a history, and several theories of fan fiction / Abigail Derecho -- One true pairing : the romance of pornography and the pornography of romance / Catherine Driscoll -- Intimatopia : genre intersections between slash and the mainstream / Elizabeth Woledge -- The toy soldiers from Leeds : the slash palimpsest / Mafalda Stasi -- Construction of fan fiction character through narrative / Deborah Kaplan -- Keeping promises to queer children : making space (for Mary Sue) at Hogwarts / Ika Willis -- The audience as editor : the role of beta readers in online fan fiction communities / Angelina I. Karpovich -- Cunning linguists : the bisexual erotics of words/silence/flesh / Eden Lackner, Barbara Lynn Lucas, Robin Anne Reid -- My life is a WIP on my LJ : slashing the slasher and the reality of celebrity and Internet performances / Kristina Busse -- Writing bodies in space : media fan fiction as theatrical performance / Francesca Coppa -- "This dratted thing" : fannish storytelling through new media / Louisa Ellen Stein -- From shooting monsters to shooting movies : machinima and the transformative play of video game fan culture / Robert Jones.

Call Number

JFE 06-10468

ISBN

0786426403 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2006014823
• 9780786426409

OCLC

69027637

Title

Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet : new essays / edited by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse.

Imprint

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Hellekson, Karen, 1966-

Busse, Kristina, 1967-

Other Standard Identifier

9780786426409

Research Call Number

JFE 06-10468