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Journal of Fandom Studies 9.3 is out now!
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Journal of Fandom Studies 9.3 is out now!

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 9.3 is out now.

 

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

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

 

Aims & 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 9.3

 

Articles

 

‘My whole world shifted’: Identity and transformation in becoming-a-fan narratives

KATHLEEN ANN RIDDELL

 

‘No one’s a fan of anything anymore, like, this isn’t 2002’: Surveying 7–17-year-olds on being a fan and contemplating the future of fandom

PAUL BOOTH AND HELENA LOUISE DARE-EDWARDS

 

Wagner the gardener: Media as nature and the building of a cult

EMILIE HURST

 

Sex, race and Romanticism: The meta-vampire in emo fandom

JUDITH FATHALLAH

 

Fan fashion of multiple fandoms: An exploration of female science-fiction and fantasy fans’ dress practices

DINA SMITH, CASEY STANNARD AND JENNA TEDRICK KUTTRUFF

 

‘Lizzie’s story felt like home’: Narrative intimacy in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries fandom

MEREDITH DABEK