...This chapter assembles and analyzes a set of fragments from Greek comedy of the fifth and fourth centuries that include overt references to tragedy. These include particularly fragments that show tragic fandom, tragic poets as characters, conversations about tragedy, and references to the dramatic...

... into the major motifs of Pacific Rim fandom online and considers its relationship with a film that seemingly “failed” in the American market but exploded internationally, even prompting a sequel slated for 2017. She also reflects on how the depictions of close, but not necessarily romantic...

...This chapter traces the transformations in and discourses of fandom in modern Japan. Audiences and especially female fans of all-female revue theaters figured prominently in social critiques of modernity, and fandom was interpreted as a pathology of modernity. Male fans were not exempt from...

..., fan studies, and the participatory continuum. In M. A. Click & S. Scott (Eds.), Routledge companion to media fandom (pp. 123–131). New York, NY: Routledge. Carney, T. ( 2010 ). The power of story: How literature can teach, enrich and transform...

... or otherwise—are an increasingly widely used tactic in fandoms and the culture wars alike. On the other hand, DuVernay and the Wachowski sisters are interesting cases whose established auteur status enabled them to move into fandom. The Wachowskis have historically avoided the spotlight and have embraced...

... at the opera. Byron George Gordon Lord communication fandom music cont opera opera houses Stendhal Cimarosa Domenico Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus music music criticism journalism Rossini Gioachino erotic Grossberg Lawrence Metastasio Pietro Stendhal fandom La Chartreuse de Parme opera opera-lovers...

... Padraic palimpsest gendering Patterson Natasha Pye Danee Williams Evan Calder Kelleter Frank Nussbaum Emily recurrence repetition The Walking Dead Paratexts Survivalism Preppers Zombie Fandom Disaster Preparedness Resilience Neoliberal Body Politics Gendered Death In the two previous...

... standards of cinematic form and construction. The chapter presents an overview of badfilm reception, fandom and scholarship to date, through discussion of the badfilm canon and an examination of critical approaches within cult literature. In doing so, it identifies several key concepts, such as objective...

... urbanization U S Homeland Security government immigration terrorism Trump Donald Bush George W mass media sensationalism history morality patriotism feminism first responders masculinity September 11th terrorist attacks patriarchy fandom Twitter violence identity cultural climate family...

... politics involving women of color, same-sex relationships, and interracial relationships. active viewing audience studies binge watching fear How to Get Away with Murder morality second screening sexuality social media technological advancement Twitter activism consumption fandom Grey’s...

...This chapter examines the fandom that has grown up around the Star Trek movies and television series, arguing that the entertainment industry also creates meanings that begin to function in religious ways for consumers of popular culture. Popular culture has become an independent...

... about Norwegian-ness also plays a central role in processes of “othering” that are key in the phenomenon of Norwegian “country music” fandom. Europe Iraq War Kupchan Charles A Norway Pew Research Center Global Attitudes Survey United States “America” Europeanization Skjåk Country Music Festival...

... a Fifth Grader? Family Fortunes Fandom Forsyth Bruce Holmes Su Huizinga Johan Nightingale Virginia Robinson Anne Sajak Pat UKGameshows com University Challenge White Vanna Brooker Will Jenkins Henry McCracken Allison Pullen Kristen Hutchinson Colman ‘Professional’ quizzers Blumler Jay...

... Monthly Museum The 1798–1828 morality Pearson Jacqueline reading women’s reviews romantic fiction St Clair William circulating libraries coffee houses DiPlacidi Jenny fandom ‘feminine’ writing fiction gender genre fiction Gothic fiction Lynch Deidre Russell Gillian Sandvoss Cornel space...

...This chapter details the author’s own experiences with online fandom through the shifting nature of the soap opera industry. The author describes how soap fans bond online through Internet message boards and social networking sites; how fierce bonds can form among soap viewers who are irritated...

... Jenkins in particular. It also considers new theories on fandom and the relationship between consumerism and television viewing practices. fan cultures Jenkins Henry Toy Story Bond films Bordwell David de Certeau Michel Fiske John ‘textual production’ Bausinger Hermann Brunsdon Charlotte...

... of the character. Because, for many young women, this kind of online popular culture critique is their first introduction to feminist ideas, argues Naylor, it is most productively explored within the context of a wider debate in both feminist and fandom social media spaces about what a modern feminist ethics...

... Lies 1999 Take Care of My Cat 2001 film exhibition Japanese cinema Hong Kong cinema film marketing critical reception fandom Woo John Tsukamoto Shinya ‘Heroic Bloodshed’ genre Far Eastern film escapes from kung-fu clichés with Tartan Asia Extreme. ¹ Marketing slogan of Asia...

... at large. In the end, this chapter focuses on the experiences and emergent sites of fandom, arguing that, with each cut, the King presented his body as an affectively charged and fully mediated public body and that, with records, radio, television, and film, his revolt extended—from one savvy fan...

... intertextuality consumption fandom reception Listen. Change the tempo. Add new loops. Chop up the vocals. Turn me into a woman. —Trent Reznor (2005) This chapter focuses on the recent practice of online remixing. Dedicated remixing websites such as the remix competition host Indaba Music...