Shit. I flagged an academic paper a while back on my old computer and now, of course, I can't find it, but it linked current notions of ratings and warnings to historical accounts of authors and literature and the need for secrecy in writing because, way back when, one couldn't be or write about the gay experience because everyone would be clutching their pearls and, y'know, sending them to jail for writing such "explicit" material.
Basically it discussed how, through time, all those "secret handshakes" in literature that certain people knew how to read but that were layered in such a way that "commoners" couldn't tell what was really going on, how those evolved into warnings and ratings, if that makes sense.
It focused more on old school literature and the history of film censorship and I don't remember there being a lot, if any, focus on internet literature and fandom, but the general idea might be interesting in this context?
God I want to see that paper. That must have been fascinating. *entranced*
It focused more on old school literature and the history of film censorship and I don't remember there being a lot, if any, focus on internet literature and fandom, but the general idea might be interesting in this context?
I think it really would since a lot of fandom is based off of pushing against social pressure/stereotypes or, in reaction, embracing some of them and not others.
I can try and find it? I'm a packrat when it comes to academic papers, so it'll take time and pie to root through the 900+ other essays I have on my computer, but I'll make an attempt.
Basically it discussed how, through time, all those "secret handshakes" in literature that certain people knew how to read but that were layered in such a way that "commoners" couldn't tell what was really going on, how those evolved into warnings and ratings, if that makes sense.
It focused more on old school literature and the history of film censorship and I don't remember there being a lot, if any, focus on internet literature and fandom, but the general idea might be interesting in this context?
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It focused more on old school literature and the history of film censorship and I don't remember there being a lot, if any, focus on internet literature and fandom, but the general idea might be interesting in this context?
I think it really would since a lot of fandom is based off of pushing against social pressure/stereotypes or, in reaction, embracing some of them and not others.
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