A companion to media fandom and fan studies / [edited] by Paul Jonathan Booth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fandom, negotiation, and participatory culture -- Foundational discourses of fandom -- Literature fandom and literary fans -- The fan experience -- Soap fans, revisited -- Not my lifeblood: autoethnography, affective fluctuations and popular music antifandom -- Representations of fans and fandom in the British newspaper media -- Ethics in fan studies research -- Make space for us! fandom in the real world -- Nostalgia, fandom and the remediation of children's culture -- Fan fashion: re-enacting hunger games through clothing and design -- Slash/drag: appropriation and visibility in the age of Hamilton -- "Becoming a part of the storytelling": fan vidding practices and histories -- "Angry false-teeth-chattering mayhem": synecdochic fandom, representation and performance in mature woman fandom of British professional wrestling -- It's about who you know: social capital, hierarchies and fandom -- Ontological security and the politics of transcultural fandom -- Fandom and Otaku -- Otaku pedestrians -- The unbearable whiteness of fandom and fan studies -- Who do you mean by "fan"? decolonizing media fandom identity -- Racebending and prosumer fanart practices in Harry Potter fandom -- Tumblr pedagogies -- Active fandom: labor and love in the whedonverse -- May we meet again?: social bonds, activities and identities in the #clexa fandom -- Of spinoffs and spinning off -- #askeljames, Ghostbusters, and #gamergate: digital dislike and damage control -- Red pillers, sad puppies, and gamergaters: the state of white male privilege in internet fan communities -- Fate has a habit of not letting us choose our own endings?: post-object fandom, social media and material culture at the end of Hannibal -- Understanding which fandom? insights from two decades as a music fan researcher -- Implicit fandom in the fields of theatre, art, and literature: studying 'fans' beyond fan discourses -- Janeites and Sherlockians: literary societies, cultural legitimacy, and gender -- Porn consumers as fans -- Kant/squid (the fanfiction assemblage) -- Interdisciplinarity in fan studies.

"A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies offers scholars and fans an accessible and engaging resource for understanding the rapidly expanding field of fan studies. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especially-commissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast-growing field. Separated into five sections--Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies--the book synthesizes literature surrounding important theories, debates, and issues within the field of fan studies. It also traces and explains the social, historical, political, commercial, ethical, and creative dimensions of fandom and fan studies. Exploring both the historical and the contemporary fan situation, the volume presents fandom and fan studies as models of 21st century production and consumption, and identifies the emergent trends in this unique field of study" -- Provided by publisher.