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Journal of Fandom Studies 8.3 is out now! Special Issue

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 8.3 is out now!

Special Issue: ‘Politics and Pleasures of Fandom as Celebrity Counterpublics’

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https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-fandom-studies

Aims and Scope

Journal of Fandom Studies seeks to offer scholars a dedicated, peer reviewed publication that promotes current scholarship into the fields of fan and audience studies across a variety of media. We focus on the critical exploration, within a wide range of disciplines and fan cultures, of issues surrounding production and consumption of popular media (including film, music, television, sports and gaming).

Issue 8.3

Foreword

BASULI DEB AND ALEX SYMONS

Editorial

Introduction to ‘Politics and Pleasures of Fandom as Celebrity Counterpublics’

KIERA OBBARD, SABRINA MORO AND SAMITA NANDY

Articles

Police officer or social media star? Live PD and microcelebrity

ALEX MCVEY

Life Is But a Story: Female pleasure and agency in Beyoncé’s autobiographical film

STEPHANIE PATRICK

‘I want to delete this tweet so much, but…’: Jameela Jamil as a celebrity feminist educator