I still think that one of the key difficulties that i tried to place centre stage at the beginning of fan cultures remains a difficulty, which is related to the. Likewise, for instance, creating fanvids in the 1980s and early 1990s was a lengthy, exhausting, and expensive endeavor, using two vcrs and keeping track of the song via stopwatch see coppa 2008. Japanese representations of fandom and representations of japan in animemanga fan cultures matt hills, cardiff university otaku is a japanese word coined during the eighties, it is used to describe fanatics. Fan studies addresses these current issues through some of the most popular fannish texts, including doctor who, torchwood, star wars, star trek, supernatural, smallville and twilight. Most of them are stars, network celebrities and industry celebrities, even an enterprise. 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. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from elvis impersonators to xphiles and trekkers, hills discusses a range of approaches to fandom, from the frankfurt school to psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates the possibility of. In this article i want to revisit and problematize the notions of fan cultureand. Theorypractice is a fascinating and compelling book featuring major new essays by matt hills, kristina busse and karen hellekson, and paul booth, among others. We focus on the critical exploration, within a wide range of.
In mandarin, fensi is a kind of noodle, but because its sounds similar to the english pronunciation of fan, fensi became popular and has since been used throughout chinese culture in this transliterated state shi, 2012. A companion to media fandom and fan studies wiley online. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from elvis impersonators to xphiles and trekkers, hills discusses a range of approaches to fandom, from the frankfurt school to psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates. Matt hills media audiences as predefined fans of specific tv shows, instead assessing the wider range of media consumption through which audiences definedperformed their identities. Fan cultures and fan communities wiley online library. With a foreword by matt hills, understanding fandom introduces the whole field of fan research by. Veronica mars, fandom, and the affective economics of. Fan cultures by matt hills, 2002 online research library. Theorypractice is thus designed to challenge some accepted notions, while asking relevant questions about pedagogy. The book discusses insights from scholars working with fans of different texts, genres and. Outline of project chapter one provides a brief introduction to the topics of fandom, hierarchy.
Pdf download fans and fan cultures free unquote books. Fan culture explores how presentday fans interact with the films, television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from elvis impersonators to xphiles and trekkers, hills discusses a range of approaches to fandom, from the frankfurt school to psychoanalytic readings, and asks whether the development of new media creates the. One result of these moral dualisms, according to hills, is the production of a reductive and singular narrative of fan culture that cannot allow room for. Essays on participatory fandom in the 21st century. His book fan cultures 2002 is among the most well known contributions to fan studies. Fan cultures 1st edition matthew hills routledge book. With a foreword by matt hills, understanding fandom introduces the whole field of fan studies by looking at the history of debate, key paradigms and methodogical issues.
Fan economy in the traditional sense refers to operational income generating behavior relationship between fans and the people who are followed. Anne hathaway is a huge matthew mcconaughey magic mike fan. By using the term fans we can refer to individuals who have a particular liking or affection for a range of popular cultural texts, celebrities, sports teams, or artifacts. Fan cultures studies in culture and communication pdf free. Liang and shen 333 in china, a fan is known as a fensi. Pdf fandom as an object and the objects of fandom interview. Matt hills fan cultures london and new york international journal. A move toward a general theory of media fandom, one which does not focus on the fans of one particular media text, but rather on the transmedia. Huddersfield centre for participatory culture participants. While these authors start from different degrees of involvement in cultural. Fan cultures offers is a metaanalysis of theories of fan culture, and a systematic unpacking of the theoretical and methodological baggage surrounding the study of media fandom.
Traditional audience vs fan culture audiencethe traditional audience adopted some counter culture activities, however, still remainthe characters of traditional audience. Kathy would like to thank john bratzel and delores rauscher for agreeing to create the fan culture and theory area, for inviting her to serve as area chair, for their ongoing efforts to support the study of popular culture, and for their grace under pressure. These individuals typically displaying an affective relationship. Provost, asbury university kyle idlemans not a fan is a crucial message for our time. To study fandom today is to think about our world as a mashup of creative, commercial, academic, and social practices.
The multidisciplinary nature of fan studies makes the development of a community of scholars sometimes difficult to achieve. Matt hills spoke about the theoretical and empirical challenges in defining and studying fans, the. With a foreword by matt hills, understanding fandom introduces the whole field of fan research by looking at the history of debate, key paradigms and methodological issues. Beginning with the work on stigma by erving goffman and other scholars, the article contends that the stigma sometimes attached to the production and consumption of popular culture is distinct from the low status associated with certain forms of popular culture. Fan cultures is a a critique of other theorists who have written about fandom and hills ideas of how fan cultures can be better theorized. Fan cultures sussex studies in culture and communication. Though he makes some good observations and critiques of other scholars that write on fan cultures, a strong knowledge of both scholarship in this field and fandom itself is necessary to contextualize many. The emphasis will be on showing how fan studies is an emergent interdisciplinary field with its own key scholars and a tradition that is distinct from both textual analysis and. Matt hills, fan cultures between community and resistance, fan cultures new york. The project focused on both fannish likes and nonfan dislikes, allowing respondents to demarcate their multiple or diffused fan identities. Matt hillss book fan cultures surveys previous academic writing on fans, and proposes new approaches to fan culture that assert the contradictory. With the advantage of technology, fan culture has flown through the borders of countries despite of language and culture differences, and it has moved to a new playing field.
Most of them have touch on science fiction, comic books, manga, anime, video games and movies. In this article i revisit concepts of fan culture and community, which have been central to fan studies. This paper argues that a better articulated conception of stigma can enhance the analysis of popular culture. Fan cultures and fan communities 431 streaming, it is now possible for anyone with highspeed internet access to keep up fairly easily with any show. Fan economy in the chinese media and entertainment.
Mark duffett, matt hills, roberta pearson, stacey pope, cornel sandvoss, and louisa stein free entry to all fsn2017 delegates. Matt hills is professor of media and film at the university of huddersfield, where he is also codirector of the centre for participatory culture. Hills demonstrates how the reliance on moral dualisms structures the work around binariesthe academic vs. Fan cultures an unnervingly close reader and a sophisticated theorist, hills is the best of a new generation of scholar. Not a fan is not for the faint of heart its for those who want to join a company of the committed, and to obey what they claim to believe. Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the internet. Hills continues to approach cult fandom as a particular enduring form of affective fan relationship hills, 2002.
In this painstaking but by no means comprehensive examination of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of fan cultures, hills proposes a. Since its premiere in november 1963, the classic british television program doctor who has been a cornerstone of popular culture for half a century. International in scope and written by a team that includes many major scholars, this volume features over thirty especiallycommissioned essays on a variety of topics, which together provide an unparalleled overview of this fast. A range of ideas has emerged to explore different facets of this growing phenomenon. Emphasising the contradictions of fandom, matt hills outlines how media fans have been conceptualised in cultural theory. Matt is additionally coeditor on the transmedia book series for amsterdam university press. Using peeps to make unusual food 38% of flickr traditional photos eating peeps in unusual ways 33% of flickr traditional photos use. Mimetic modes of fan productiona term i borrow from matt hillsseek to replicate what is seen on screen, and thus do not create radical mashups, or read in provocative ways, nor transformatively rework the object of fandom. One possibility is matt hillss notion of transcultural homology, which builds on. The project focused on both fannish likes and non fan dislikes, allowing respondents to demarcate their multiple or diffused fan identities. Download emphasising the contradictions of fandom, matt hills outlines how media fans have been conceptualised in cultural theory.
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