Samantha Close
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha Close |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | Close |
| SIGNATURE | CLOSE S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dossier
Being Digital Citizens, by Engin Isin and Evelyn Ruppert
Being Digital Citizens takes a nuanced, theoretical look at how the definition of a political subject evolves as more and more of both day-to-day life and overt political action takes place through
Fannish masculinities in transition in anime music video fandom
Politically engaged scholarship often interrogates the experiences of groups without privilege. But in order for social change to happen, privileged identities must also be reworked. An analysis of anime fandom in the early 2000s shows that fan works, such as fan video and cosplay performances, concretize masculinities that are both transgressive and desperately seeking normative confirmation. By means of queer and masculinity theory, I argue tha…
The Absent Presence of Gender in Webcomics
All images from existing works have been traced and simplified for presentation here, to explore the discourses of gender and sexuality represented by characters across webcomics. Images without ci
Crafting an Ideal Working World in the Contemporary United States
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSamantha CloseSamantha Close is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include fan studies, critical theory, theory-practice, new media, gender and race. She focuses particularly on amateur media production and transforming models of creative industries and capitalism. Her writing has recently appeared in the Sampling Media a…
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Crafting an Ideal Working World in the Contemporary United States
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSamantha CloseSamantha Close is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include fan studies, critical theory, theory-practice, new media, gender and race. She focuses particularly on amateur media production and transforming models of creative industries and capitalism. Her writing has recently appeared in the Sampling Media a…
The Absent Presence of Gender in Webcomics
All images from existing works have been traced and simplified for presentation here, to explore the discourses of gender and sexuality represented by characters across webcomics. Images without ci
Being Digital Citizens, by Engin Isin and Evelyn Ruppert
Being Digital Citizens takes a nuanced, theoretical look at how the definition of a political subject evolves as more and more of both day-to-day life and overt political action takes place through
Fannish masculinities in transition in anime music video fandom
Politically engaged scholarship often interrogates the experiences of groups without privilege. But in order for social change to happen, privileged identities must also be reworked. An analysis of anime fandom in the early 2000s shows that fan works, such as fan video and cosplay performances, concretize masculinities that are both transgressive and desperately seeking normative confirmation. By means of queer and masculinity theory, I argue tha…
Dossier
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (1 works)