Toward a queered and/as affective theory of fandom

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1959

Keywords:

Affect theory, Fandom studies, Queer theory

Abstract

Wittgensteinian propositions are used to investigate whether there is some benefit from thinking about objects of fandom and their vectors via affect theory and queer theory as an inverse analytical approach: fandom as something that is not text specific but rather affect or even body specific.

Author Biography

JSA Lowe, University of Houston

Adjunct Lecturer in English, University of Houston

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Published

2020-09-15

Issue

Vol. 34 (2020): General

Section

Symposium

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