Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC) is an online-only international peer-reviewed journal published by the Organization for Transformative Works. TWC publishes articles about transformative works, broadly conceived.
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Nancy Baym, U of Kansas -
Will Brooker, Kingston U -
Rhiannon Bury, Athabasca U -
Wendy Chun, Brown U -
Melissa Click, U of Missouri -
Abigail De Kosnik, UC Berkeley -
Paul Draper, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith U -
Catherine Driscoll, U of Sydney -
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Pomona C -
Sam Ford, Convergence Culture Consortium -
Jonathan Gray, Fordham U -
Judith Halberstam, USC -
C. Lee Harrington, Miami U -
Heather Hendershot, City U of New York -
Matt Hills, Cardiff U -
Henry Jenkins, MIT -
Derek Johnson, U of Wisconsin -
Roz Kaveney, Independent -
Derek Kompare, Southern Methodist U -
Anne Kustritz, Macalaster C -
Elana Levine, U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee -
Geoffrey Long, Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab -
Farah Mendlesohn, Middlesex U -
Helen Merrick, Curtin U of Technology -
Jason Mittell, Middlebury C -
Lori Morimoto, Indiana U -
Roberta Pearson, U of Nottingham -
Sheenagh Pugh, U of Glamorgan -
Aswin Punathambekar, U of Michigan -
Bob Rehak, Swarthmore C -
Robin Anne Reid, Texas A&M-Commerce -
Sharon Ross, Columbia C Chicago -
Cornel Sandvoss, U of Surrey -
Avi Santo, Old Dominion -
Louisa Stein, San Diego State U -
Catherine Tosenberger, U of Winnipeg
Announcements
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Special Issue: *Supernatural* (Spring/Summer 2010) |
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| We invite submissions for a special issue on the CW television series Supernatural guest edited by Catherine Tosenberger. We are interested in essays concerning every aspect of the show, but especially in studies of Supernatural fandom and fan culture. |
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No. 1 released |
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TWC has just released its first issue! Read our full press release here: http://journal.transformativeworks.org/docs/twc-no-1-pressrelease-2008-09-15.pdf.
We are already planning No. 2, to be released March 15, 2009. We have
issued a call for papers for an issue entitled "Games as
Transformative Works," guest edited by Rebecca Carlson, which is
available here: http://journal.transformativeworks.org/docs/twc-no-2-games-cfp.rtf.
Click on the link to read the full text of our press release. |
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TWC announces call for papers |
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Transformative Works and Cultures begins accepting submissions on February 1, 2008. Visitors are encouraged to create a user ID and sign in to receive updates. The first issue is slated for publication in September 2008.
The call for papers is available as a .pdf download sized for US Letter or European A4. Please feel free to link, download, print, distribute, or post. TWC's .pdf press release is also available for download.
Click on "More" to see the complete call for papers. |
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Vol 1 (2008)
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Transforming academic and fan cultures |
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Theory
| Participatory democracy and Hillary Clinton’s marginalized fandom |
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Abigail De Kosnik |
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| "Emotions-Only" versus "Special People": Genre in fan discourse |
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Louisa Ellen Stein |
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| Painful pleasures: Sacrifice, consent, and the resignification of BDSM symbolism in "The Story of O" and "The Story of Obi" |
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Anne Kustritz |
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| Women, "Star Trek," and the early development of fannish vidding |
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Francesca Coppa |
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Praxis
| "The epic love story of Sam and Dean": "Supernatural," queer readings, and the romance of incestuous fan fiction |
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Catherine Tosenberger |
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| Ownership, authority, and the body: Does antifanfic sentiment reflect posthuman anxiety? |
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Madeline Ashby |
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| The unlearning: Horror and transformative theory |
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Michael A. Arnzen |
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| Soap operas and the history of fan discussion |
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Sam Ford |
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Symposium
| And now, a word from the amateurs |
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Dana L. Bode |
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| On symposia: LiveJournal and the shape of fannish discourse |
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Rebecca Lucy Busker |
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| Nothing but Net: When cultures collide |
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Cathy Cupitt |
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| Fan labor audio feature introduction |
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Bob Rehak |
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Interview
| Interview with Henry Jenkins |
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| Interview with Wu Ming |
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Veruska Sabucco |
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| Interview with the Audre Lorde of the Rings |
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Review
| "Teen television: Essays on programming and fandom," edited by Sharon Marie Ross and Louisa Ellen Stein |
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Mary Dalton |
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| "Fans: The mirror of consumption," by Cornel Sandvoss |
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Eve Marie Taggart |
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| "Cyberspaces of their own," by Rhiannon Bury |
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Katarina Maria Hjärpe |
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| "The new influencers," by Paul Gillin |
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Barna William Donovan |
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Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), ISSN 1941-2258, is an online-only Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit
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