Narrative extraction, #BlackPantherSoLit, and signifyin': "Black Panther" fandom and transformative social practices

This article examines the history, creative labor, and social practices around the #BlackPantherSoLIT hashtag on Twitter. Two years before the Black Panther movie event, the hashtag created a fandom of Blackness itself. Once the film was released, Black audiences experienced freedom from fan labor p...

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Main Author: Tracy Deonn Walker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2019-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/1643/2127