Fake Geek Girls : : Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry / / Suzanne Scott.
Reveals the systematic marginalization of women within pop culture fan communitiesWhen Ghostbusters returned to the screen in 2016, some male fans of the original film boycotted the all-female adaptation of the cult classic, turning to Twitter to express their disapproval and making it clear that th...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Cultural Communication ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 18 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Make Fandom Great Again
- 1. A Fangirl’s Place Is in the Resistance: Feminism and Fan Studies
- 2. “Get a life, will you people?!”: The Revenge of the Fanboy
- 3. Interrogating the Fake Geek Girl: The Spreadable Misogyny of Contemporary Fan Culture
- 4. Terms and Conditions: Co- Opting Fan Labor and Containing Fan Criticism
- 5. One Fanboy to Rule Them All: Fanboy Auteurs, Fantrepreneurs, and the Politics of Professionalization
- 6. From Poaching to Pinning: Fashioning Postfeminist Geek Girl(y) Culture
- Conclusion: Fan Studies’ OTP: Fandom and Intersectional Feminism
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author