“#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces
Current understandings of fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces as expressions of internalized fan shame have been problematized by the variety of responses to recent celebrity interviews referencing real person fanworks. Through a content analysis of fan responses on Tumblr to two such in...
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| author | Yeu, Sherry Shi Min |
| author2 | Patrick Williams |
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| description | Current understandings of fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces as expressions of internalized fan shame have been problematized by the variety of responses to recent celebrity interviews referencing real person fanworks. Through a content analysis of fan responses on Tumblr to two such interviews, this paper shows that fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces reveal competing discourses within fan communities about norms in relation to the acceptability of real person shipping as a fan practice, the necessity of maintaining the fourth wall between celebrities and fans, and fan creators’ expectation of respect from fandom outsiders who interact with their fanworks. These findings reveal boundary-policing practices and strategies to manage the deviantized identity of real person shipper, and provide a more nuanced understanding of fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/736582019-12-10T13:56:37Z “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces Yeu, Sherry Shi Min Patrick Williams School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races Current understandings of fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces as expressions of internalized fan shame have been problematized by the variety of responses to recent celebrity interviews referencing real person fanworks. Through a content analysis of fan responses on Tumblr to two such interviews, this paper shows that fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces reveal competing discourses within fan communities about norms in relation to the acceptability of real person shipping as a fan practice, the necessity of maintaining the fourth wall between celebrities and fans, and fan creators’ expectation of respect from fandom outsiders who interact with their fanworks. These findings reveal boundary-policing practices and strategies to manage the deviantized identity of real person shipper, and provide a more nuanced understanding of fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces. Bachelor of Arts 2018-04-02T09:19:47Z 2018-04-02T09:19:47Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73658 en Nanyang Technological University 24 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races Yeu, Sherry Shi Min “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title | “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title_full | “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title_fullStr | “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title_short | “#because omfg #real people reading about real people slash” : fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| title_sort | because omfg real people reading about real people slash fan responses to intrusions into fannish spaces |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races |
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