"Emotions-Only" versus "Special People": Genre in fan discourse

This essay looks at genre as a complex set of discursive threads running unevenly through production, TV text, and fan reception. Through a case study of the reception of fan favorite Roswell, this essay interrogates the role of genre in spectatorship. In its mixing of teen and science fiction eleme...

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Main Author: Louisa Ellen Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2008-09-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2008.0043