Fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in The X-Files

Fandoms can constitute discourse communities, where fans make claims about issues of real-world political importance, such as the relationship between gender, power, and autonomy, and where other fans engage with and evaluate those claims. In fan works and fan analyses of Dana Scully in the televisi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Emily Regan Wills
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2013-09-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.3983/twc.2013.0410