Vol. 20 (2015)

series of icons illustrating Letters, Conventions, Zines, Vids, Usenet, The Web, Blogs, Mobile - Transformative Works and Cultures Volume 20 (2015)

General issue, September 2015

Published: 2015-09-15

Editorial

Works in progress

TWC Editor
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Symposium

Patti Smith: Aging, fandom, and libido

Maud Lavin
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Dead links, vaporcuts, and creativity in fan edit replication

Joshua Wille
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The transformative world of winter fashion in a Nunavik village

Jasmin Aurora Stoffer
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Book review

"Understanding fandom," by Mark Duffett

Suzanne Scott
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"Fan studies," edited by Alice Chauvel, Nicolle Lamerichs, and Jessica Seymour

Katie Wilson
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"Transmedia storytelling and the new era of media convergence in higher education," by Stavroula Kalogeras

Katherine E. Morrissey
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Theory

African American acafandom and other strangers: New genealogies of fan studies

Rebecca Wanzo
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Queering the media mix: The female gaze in Japanese fan comics

Kathryn Hemmann
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What we talk about when we talk about bronies

Anne Gilbert
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(Re)examining the attitudes of comic book store patrons

J. Richard Stevens, Christopher E. Bell
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Praxis

The products of intertextuality: The value of student adaptations in a literature course

Misty Krueger
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Affective fan experiences of Lady Gaga

Lise Dilling-Hansen
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Real body, fake person: Recontextualizing celebrity bodies in fandom and film

Melanie Piper
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Writing the pregnant man

Mary Ingram-Waters
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Fans of Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

Andrew Ryan Rico
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Mimetic fandom and one-sixth-scale action figures

Victoria Godwin
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