BuBu fandom and authentic online spaces for Chinese fangirls

Authors

  • Ting Huang College of William and Mary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2315

Keywords:

Baidu, BuBuJingXin, Chinese fandom, Chinese media, Fandom of color

Abstract

Considering BuBu fandom to be an authentic online fan space has implications for the transformative cycle of literacy production, social exchange, and identity formation as fangirls appropriate new materials and make new meanings. Specific illustrative data from two informants demonstrate that the site of BuBu fandom engages fangirls both in interest-driven literacy practices and social activities, with both rooted in a Chinese cultural context.

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Published

2022-09-14

Issue

Vol. 38 (2022): General

Section

Symposium

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