Interview with Louisa Ellen Stein: Whole self and felt scholarship in fan studies

Julia E. Largent; Milena Popova; Elise Vist

doi:10.3983/twc.2020.1685

Interview with Louisa Ellen Stein: Whole self and felt scholarship in fan studies

Julia E. Largent
Milena Popova
Elise Vist University of Waterloo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1685

Keywords: Acafan, Methodologies, Political activism, Research, Vidding

Abstract

Fan studies scholar Louisa Ellen Stein discusses her journey into felt scholarship and whole self scholarship in fan studies. Her fannish interests and personal identities are varied and affect her scholarship in different ways. Choosing how and when to reveal and interrogate them is difficult but important work.

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2020-06-15

Issue

Vol 33 (2020): Fan Studies Methodologies

Section

Interview

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