Rukmini Pande
Biographic Data
| ID | 4011157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rukmini Pande |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rukmini |
| FAMILY NAME | Pande |
| SIGNATURE | PANDE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3438-727X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Popular Culture
The year 2024 was marked by intensifying global crises, including armed conflicts, escalating global trade wars, and disruptions caused by an increasing focus on AI technologies across various areas, from the job market to the educational sector. This was accompanied by the rise of far-right populist movements that fuelled a backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion in corporate, educational, and governmental institutions. In such a conte…
“You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”
Cultural heritage has been substantively identified as a vital motivator for tourism. An additional significant driver of visitor interest to specific historical locations is the influence of media properties. Among these, the influence of video games is an emerging area of scholarly interest. However, scholarship has not yet adequately addressed the troubling implications of player/tourists being incentivized by game mechanics to “replay” histor…
Popular Culture
Scholarship on the creation and circulation of forms of popular culture has always been concerned with questions of audiences and reception. Initial theorizations of audiences as overly credulous, easily swayed masses have long been significantly complicated to account for more active participation. One of the key drivers of this move of framing audiences from passive to active has been the emergence of the discipline of fandom studies. Today, th…
Do not fight back, fight forward
Ted Lasso (2020–23) has garnered much acclaim from both fans and critics, racking up an impressive 21 Emmy nominations for its final season. Commentators repeatedly highlighted that the show’s emphasis on kindness, compassion and empathy was a key aspect of its success. This article will investigate how this emphasis played out when tackling complex issues such as racism, xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment in the context of English football …
“Get out of here you anti”
Pleasure(s) of people of marginalized genders and sexualities are central to media fandom scholarship, making it suitable to analyze as an identitopia. Recently, the figure of the fandom antifan or anti, an individual deemed hostile to fan pleasure, particularly around shipping practices and fanwork production, has gained prominence in fandom discussions. The anti is seen to interrupt media fandom’s identitopia through policing and puritanism. A …
Fandom, Now in Color
How (not) to talk about race
Fan studies, a thoroughly interdisciplinary field, has drawn on methodological strategies from such fields as anthropology, literary studies, cultural and media studies, and psychoanalysis, resulting in a wide range of analytical frameworks and methodological approaches that highlight the different aspects of the fan communities being considered. Yet a lack of attention to how (unmarked) whiteness underpins these strategies has led to persistent …
Fandom, Now in Color
Who Do You Mean by “Fan?” Decolonizing Media Fandom Identity
Media or participatory fandom has often been theorized as a subversive space as fans work “against the grain” of hegemonic popular cultural texts, particularly with regard to queerness (Russ 1985; Bury 2005; Coppa 2008). However, when acafans talk about “women fans” the discussions remain centered on white, cisgender and American women, which is ironic considering fannish spaces have never been more active about critiquing those assumptions. This…
Squee from the Margins
Squee from the Margins
Rukmini Pande's ground-breaking examination of race in fan studies is sure to make an immediate contribution to the growing field. Until now, virtually no sustained examination of race-and racism-in transnational fan cultures has taken place, a lack that is especially ironic since current fan spaces have never been more vocal about debating issues of privilege and discrimination. Pande's study challenges dominant ideas of who fans are and how the…
Yes, the Evil Queen is Latina
Online media or participatory fandom has long been theorized as a unique creative and communicative space for women. Further, scholarly work has highlighted the possibility of it functioning as a space that is conducive to the articulation of queerness-both through transformative work and participant identity. However, this theorization has failed to account for the differential operations of these spaces when they are forced to deal with issues …
Yes, the Evil Queen is Latina
Online media or participatory fandom has long been theorized as a unique creative and communicative space for women. Further, scholarly work has highlighted the possibility of it functioning as a space that is conducive to the articulation of queerness-both through transformative work and participant identity. However, this theorization has failed to account for the differential operations of these spaces when they are forced to deal with issues …
Yes, the Evil Queen is Latina
Online media or participatory fandom has long been theorized as a unique creative and communicative space for women. Further, scholarly work has highlighted the possibility of it functioning as a space that is conducive to the articulation of queerness-both through transformative work and participant identity. However, this theorization has failed to account for the differential operations of these spaces when they are forced to deal with issues …
Who Do You Mean by “Fan?” Decolonizing Media Fandom Identity
Media or participatory fandom has often been theorized as a subversive space as fans work “against the grain” of hegemonic popular cultural texts, particularly with regard to queerness (Russ 1985; Bury 2005; Coppa 2008). However, when acafans talk about “women fans” the discussions remain centered on white, cisgender and American women, which is ironic considering fannish spaces have never been more active about critiquing those assumptions. This…
Squee from the Margins
Squee from the Margins
Rukmini Pande's ground-breaking examination of race in fan studies is sure to make an immediate contribution to the growing field. Until now, virtually no sustained examination of race-and racism-in transnational fan cultures has taken place, a lack that is especially ironic since current fan spaces have never been more vocal about debating issues of privilege and discrimination. Pande's study challenges dominant ideas of who fans are and how the…
Fandom, Now in Color
How (not) to talk about race
Fan studies, a thoroughly interdisciplinary field, has drawn on methodological strategies from such fields as anthropology, literary studies, cultural and media studies, and psychoanalysis, resulting in a wide range of analytical frameworks and methodological approaches that highlight the different aspects of the fan communities being considered. Yet a lack of attention to how (unmarked) whiteness underpins these strategies has led to persistent …
Fandom, Now in Color
Popular Culture
Scholarship on the creation and circulation of forms of popular culture has always been concerned with questions of audiences and reception. Initial theorizations of audiences as overly credulous, easily swayed masses have long been significantly complicated to account for more active participation. One of the key drivers of this move of framing audiences from passive to active has been the emergence of the discipline of fandom studies. Today, th…
Do not fight back, fight forward
Ted Lasso (2020–23) has garnered much acclaim from both fans and critics, racking up an impressive 21 Emmy nominations for its final season. Commentators repeatedly highlighted that the show’s emphasis on kindness, compassion and empathy was a key aspect of its success. This article will investigate how this emphasis played out when tackling complex issues such as racism, xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment in the context of English football …
“Get out of here you anti”
Pleasure(s) of people of marginalized genders and sexualities are central to media fandom scholarship, making it suitable to analyze as an identitopia. Recently, the figure of the fandom antifan or anti, an individual deemed hostile to fan pleasure, particularly around shipping practices and fanwork production, has gained prominence in fandom discussions. The anti is seen to interrupt media fandom’s identitopia through policing and puritanism. A …
Popular Culture
The year 2024 was marked by intensifying global crises, including armed conflicts, escalating global trade wars, and disruptions caused by an increasing focus on AI technologies across various areas, from the job market to the educational sector. This was accompanied by the rise of far-right populist movements that fuelled a backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion in corporate, educational, and governmental institutions. In such a conte…
“You Can Be Lara Croft Too!”
Cultural heritage has been substantively identified as a vital motivator for tourism. An additional significant driver of visitor interest to specific historical locations is the influence of media properties. Among these, the influence of video games is an emerging area of scholarly interest. However, scholarship has not yet adequately addressed the troubling implications of player/tourists being incentivized by game mechanics to “replay” histor…
Sociology (8 works) · Fandom (7 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (6 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Digital Games and Media (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works)