Friendship and Fandom
Ethnicity, power and gendering readings of the popular
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2928958 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali (0000-0002-8616-0376, corresponding author), Suki Ali |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-165 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0159630022000000741 |
| OpenAlex | W2000880222 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper explores the relationships between knowledge of popular culture and power negotiations among young children's friendship groups and derives from a research project on the identity formations of 'mixed race' children. The paper begins with a consideration of existing work on music, ethnicity and cultural identities and how this is implicated in formations of 'imagined communities' (Anderson, 1991, Imagined Communities , Verso). Next, I look at the ways in which this work has been gendered with particular reference to the female music 'fan'. Throughout I use data from my research to show how the children engaged in friendship/power relationships that challenge much of this material. The paper centralises the way readings are used by friends in processes that are implicated in en/gendering identities and identifications - how likes and dislikes are mobilised differently among children who are becoming 'boys' and 'girls' who are friends, through use of the love/loathe discourses. The allegiance work is saturated with and constitutive of relations of power/knowledge which are both painful and pleasurable for children who are differently positioned within networks of learning and cultural expertise
Aesthetics · Allegiance · Art · Ethnic group · Friendship · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |