Of snowspeeders and Imperial Walkers: Fannish play at the Wisconsin protests

Authors

  • Jonathan Gray University of Wisconsin, Madison

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2012.0353

Keywords:

Fan activism, Politics

Abstract

Fannish signs provide a sense of community, morale, levity, and hope during protests.

Author Biography

Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies. Author of Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality (Routledge, 2006) and Television Entertainment (Routledge, 2008), and co-editor of Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (NYU, 2007), Battleground: The Media (Greenwood, 2008), and Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era (NYU, 2009).

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Published

2012-06-15

Issue

Vol. 10 (2012)

Section

Symposium

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