Gender in the Supernatural Fandom
In a project I am doing for an anthropology course, I am looking at gender in fan culture. My focus is on the Supernatural fandom, because of course I'm trying to tie in something I love just so I can troll forums as "research."
But, seriously, this post is for discussing gender (that means both males and females, now) in the Supernatural fandom.
Please Post a Comment Reply as to your gender, and also if you know other people that don't participate in the fandom (e.g. forums, websites, LiveJournal communities, etc.) please post how many you know and what gender they are.
An example: "I am a female and I know two other female fans that don't participate in the fandom."
This way I can compile data of "non-fandom participants" and "fandom participants" and their genders.
Books:
Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Routledge, 1992.
Hills, Matthew. Fan Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
Jenkins, Henry. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Media Consumers in a Digital Age. NYU Press, 2006.
Harris, Cheryl and Alison Alexander, eds. Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture, and Identity. Hampton Press, 1998.
Bury, Rhiannon. Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online. Morehouse Publishing, 2005.
Bacon-Smith, Camille. Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
Hellekson, Karen and Kristina Busse, eds. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. McFarland and Company, Inc., 2006.
Lewis, Lisa A. The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge, 1992.
Pugh, Sheenagh. The Democratic Genre: Fanfiction in a Literary Context. Seren, 2006.
Online Essays / Metas:
"Manly Man in TV-Land" by astri13:
http://astri13.livejournal.com/23778.html
"Less campy:comparisons in gender depictions in Buffy and SPN" by monkeycrackmary:
http://monkeycrackmary.livejournal.com/668294.html
Videos:
http://luminosity.imeem.com/video/Mu...n_womens_work/
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Please tell me if you know of more sources from any of these three categories or more! Or your opinion on gender in Supernatural.
But, seriously, this post is for discussing gender (that means both males and females, now) in the Supernatural fandom.
Please Post a Comment Reply as to your gender, and also if you know other people that don't participate in the fandom (e.g. forums, websites, LiveJournal communities, etc.) please post how many you know and what gender they are.
An example: "I am a female and I know two other female fans that don't participate in the fandom."
This way I can compile data of "non-fandom participants" and "fandom participants" and their genders.
Books:
Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Routledge, 1992.
Hills, Matthew. Fan Cultures. Routledge, 2002.
Jenkins, Henry. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Media Consumers in a Digital Age. NYU Press, 2006.
Harris, Cheryl and Alison Alexander, eds. Theorizing Fandom: Fans, Subculture, and Identity. Hampton Press, 1998.
Bury, Rhiannon. Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online. Morehouse Publishing, 2005.
Bacon-Smith, Camille. Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.
Hellekson, Karen and Kristina Busse, eds. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. McFarland and Company, Inc., 2006.
Lewis, Lisa A. The Adoring Audience: Fan Culture and Popular Media. Routledge, 1992.
Pugh, Sheenagh. The Democratic Genre: Fanfiction in a Literary Context. Seren, 2006.
Online Essays / Metas:
"Manly Man in TV-Land" by astri13:
http://astri13.livejournal.com/23778.html
"Less campy:comparisons in gender depictions in Buffy and SPN" by monkeycrackmary:
http://monkeycrackmary.livejournal.com/668294.html
Videos:
http://luminosity.imeem.com/video/Mu...n_womens_work/
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Please tell me if you know of more sources from any of these three categories or more! Or your opinion on gender in Supernatural.