Fan Phenomena: Mermaids (Book)
Fan Phenomena: Mermaids explores the centuries-old interest in mermaids. Mermaids, and merfolk more generally, are everywhere you look: parades, virtual reality, fiction, art, trends and swimming with a mermaid tail. Transgenerational merfolk fan communities stretch around the world - from sea to shining sea. And their popularity is only growing.
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Matthieu Guitton is associate professor at Laval University, Canada, and a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is associate editor of Computersin Human Behavior and the editor of Fan Phenomena: Mermaids.
Introduction
Matthieu J. Guitton
Anthropology of a Fish
Matthieu J. Guitton
Fan Appreciation No. 1
Hannah Fraser
From Myths to Popular Arts: The Example of the Haitian La Sirène
Jonathan M. Cheek
Pirates of the Caribbean: Mermaids on Stranger Tides
Jennifer E. Porter
Fan Appreciation No. 2
Marielle Chartier Hénault
From Fantasy, to Virtual Spaces, to Reality, and Back: Structuring the Merfolk Community
Matthieu J. Guitton
Wearing Ariel: Memes and Tails
Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario
Fan Appreciation No. 3
Cynthia Rivers
Twenty Thousand Leagues and Counting: Steampunk Mermaids, from Ancient Seas to New Fandoms
Écile Cristofair
Meek as Sin: Dark Mermaids and the Embrace of the Icy Abyss
Brenda S. Gardenour Walter
Conclusion
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