Sheenagh Pugh, The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context. Bridgend: Seren, 2005. My rating: **** The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context by Sheenagh Pugh This book offers an excellent and sympathetic overview of fan fiction as a literary form. The author uses material from both media and literary fandoms as [...]
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The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context
Posted in books, fandom, tagged fan fiction on December 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities
Posted in books, fandom, tagged fan fiction, fans on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (eds.) 2006. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. My rating: *** My review Quite interesting with some useful if rather rushed definitions of the some of the jargon used by fan fiction writers in the introduction. A large [...]
Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction
Posted in books, fandom, tagged education, fan fiction, fans on November 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Rebecca W. Black. (2008). Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies). New York: Peter Lang. My rating: *** Adolescents and Online Fan Fiction by Rebecca W. Black This book uses current educational theory to discuss adolescent fan fiction. The book is useful in that it attempts to argue for the importance of [...]
