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