Diving into the lacuna: Fan studies, methodologies, and mending the gaps

Authors

  • Dawn Walls-Thumma Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1871

Keywords:

Fan fiction, J. R. R. Tolkien, Surveys

Abstract

With its autoethnographic tradition, fan studies research sometimes draws from similar intellectual and emotional impulses as the creation of fan works themselves, namely the perception of a lack and the need to repair that gap. Likewise, methodologies can intentionally or inadvertently respond to gaps in the scholarship.

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Published

2020-06-15

Issue

Vol. 33 (2020): Fan Studies Methodologies

Section

Symposium

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