The onus is not on us: Race and fan studies ten years after "African American acafandom and other strangers"

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  • TWC Editor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2024.2771

Keywords:

Black fandom, Fan studies futures, Fan studies genealogy, Interdisciplinarity

Abstract

Rebecca Wanzo's landmark 2015 essay "African American Acafandom and Other Strangers" called for taking Black audiences, fandom, and critique seriously. In this roundtable interview, five Black scholars consider the impact of Wanzo's piece on their own research and centering Blackness in the field as a whole.

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Published

2024-12-14

Issue

Vol. 44 (2024): Centering Blackness in Fan Studies

Section

Interview

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