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gnine

O Mighty Flist (and beyond), I seek your assistance!

Jul 10, 2010 01:17

As you may or may not know, I’m currently working on my MA in Critical Media and Cultural Studies at University of London, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies). For my thesis, I’m delving into the question of how culture, one’s own, as well as that of the source material one is fanning on, affects how fans identify and interact with said ( Read more... )

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bleedtoblue July 10 2010, 01:00:02 UTC

How much of what you fan on is produced by your own culture/country ( ... )

gnine July 10 2010, 23:04:14 UTC

Thanks so much for this, you'll probably hear more from me in the next week or so as I go through all the data I'm getting. Again, thank you for the help!

bleedtoblue July 11 2010, 00:07:10 UTC

You're more than welcome, I'd be happy to help if you have any questions and I posted a link to this on my journal.

gnine July 13 2010, 20:31:33 UTC

Thanks so much for the linkage, btw! ^__^

gnine August 26 2010, 20:50:32 UTC

So I know this is ridiculously after the fact (busy summer/additional research/the fact that I'm a horrible procrastinator and more all account for it) but if you have the time/inclination, I have a few follow-up/additional questions that would be a big help if you could answer ( ... )

bleedtoblue August 28 2010, 16:46:58 UTC

In what ways (if any), for you personally, do your fannish practices change depending on the source culture of the material you're fanning on? (e.g. do you watch more music vids for anime, do you read/write particular kinds of fic for western shows, do you seek out cons for only certain types of fandoms, etc.) The more specific the examples, the better.

When I watched anime I watched a few music vids, but find I watch more made vids now made from western shows (television series specifically.) I read/write slash across all fandoms, but don't produce any other type of fan work aside from an occasional icon. I have not attended any cons, although the ones I have considered were anime/manga cons. Semi-related to the above question, in what ways, if any, has your fannish practices changed over your time in fandom? (both in general over the years you've been in fandom and in specific fandoms. ) And have these changes at all coincided with differences in source culture? (eg for western fandoms, you've always just watched/read fic w/out ( ... )

bleedtoblue August 28 2010, 16:48:07 UTC

LJ cut me off, so to continue:

And one or two questions on one topic I might be exploring in a bit more detail, so:

Are you interested in/have any experience with/in slash/Boys Love/yaoi/ m/m etc.? If yes, do you notice a difference in how it is approached/explored depending on the source culture of the material? Examples/details appreciated.

I equate Boys love with yaoi (although they are not the same thing) and differentiate between those two things and slash. Yaoi (to me, at least) has more of a formulaic set up, more stereotypes and a limited number of tropes when compared to slash. Slash seems to be a Western concept, I associate yaoi/Boys love with Japanese anime and manga, indeed with Japanese culture. In manga, of course, the gay pairings are canon as opposed to perceived pairings in slash fanfic. M/M covers not only fanfic, but original writing as well (in which the pairings are also canon.) While the lines blur between the different areas, these are my perceptions and how I divide it up in my own head. Possibly because ( ... )

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