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Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet

Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse

First published 2006
Publisher McFarland & Company
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Brand X Pictures
Pages vi+290
Price $35.00
ISBN 0786426403

  • Publishing data from OCLC, Amazon.com and the review in SFRA Review #279.
  • Contents divided into four parts: ● Part 1: Different Approaches: Fan Fiction in Context ● Part 2: Characters, Style, Text: Fan Fiction as Literature ● Part 3: Readers and Writers: Fan Fiction and Community ● Part 4: Medium and Message: Fan Fiction and Beyond

Year Reviewer Publication
2007 Christine Mains SFRA Review #279

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Preface (Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet) uncredited Essay
5 Introduction (Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet) Kristina Busse & Karen Hellekson Essay
33 Fan Fiction: A Bibliography of Critical Works uncredited Essay
41 A Brief History of Media Fandom Francesca Coppa Essay
61 Archonitic Literature: A Definition, a History, and Several Theories of Fan Fiction Abigail Derecho Essay
79 One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance Catherine Driscoll Essay
97 Intimatopia: Genre Interections Between Slash and the Mainstream Elizabeth Woledge Essay
115 The Toy Soldiers from Leeds: The Slash Palimpsest Mafalda Stasi Essay
134 Contruction of Fan Fiction Character Through Narrative Deborah Kaplan Essay
153 Keeping Promises to Queer Children: Making Space (for Mary Sue) at Hogwarts Ika Willis Essay
171 The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities Angelina I. Karpovich Essay
189 Cunning Linguists: The Bisexual Erotics of Words/Silence/Flesh Eden Lackner & Barbara Lynn Lucas & Robin Anne Reid Essay
207 My Life is a WIP on My LJ: Slashing the Slasher and the Reality of Celebrity and Internet Performances Kritina Busse Essay
225 Writing Bodies in Space: Media Fan Fiction as Theatric Performance Francesca Coppa Essay
245 "This Dratted Thing": Fannish Storytelling Through New Media Louisa Ellen Stein Essay
261 From Shooting Monsters to Shooting Movies: Machinima and the Transformative Play of Video Game Fan Culture Robert Jones (II) Essay
281 Contributors (Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet) uncredited Essay
285 Index (Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet) uncredited Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet Cover 2006 McFarland & Company eBook Nonfiction Brand X Pictures
Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet Cover 2009 McFarland & Company eBook Nonfiction Brand X Pictures