Fandom, now in color a collection of voices
"Fandom, Now in Color gathers together seemingly contradictory narratives that intersect at the (in)visibility of race/ism in fandom and fan studies. This collection engages this problem by undertaking the different tactics of decolonization-diversifying methodologies, destabilizing canons of &...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Fandom & culture
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Fandom, Now in Color gathers together seemingly contradictory narratives that intersect at the (in)visibility of race/ism in fandom and fan studies. This collection engages this problem by undertaking the different tactics of decolonization-diversifying methodologies, destabilizing canons of "must-read" scholarship by engaging with multiple disciplines, making whiteness visible but not the default against which all other kinds of racialization must compete, and decentering white fans even in those fandoms where they are the assumed majority. These new narratives concern themselves with a broad swath of media, from cosplay and comics to tabletop roleplay and video games, and fandoms from Jane the Virgin to Japan's K-pop scene. Through this layered multiplicity, Fandom, Now in Color asserts that no one answer or approach can sufficiently come to grips with the shifting categories of race, racism, and racial identity"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 246 Seiten 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781609387280 978-1-60938-728-0 |