Fan studies and/as feminist methodology

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ID21836626
AuthorsBriony Hannell (0000-0003-4861-3255, University of East Anglia, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume33
Publication date2020-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransformative Works and Cultures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1941-2258 • E-ISSN: 1941-2258
PublisherTransformative Works and Cultures (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3983/twc.2020.1689
OpenAlexW2996777735
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited47

Feminist cultural studies and feminist theory in genealogies of fan studies are taken for granted. However, the implications of feminist methodological and epistemological frameworks within discussions of fan studies methodology are more often inferred than directly stated—or cited. Examining the parallel debates taking place around knowledge, power, and reflexivity within feminist theory, feminist cultural studies, and fan studies illustrates how key methodological approaches within fan studies are deeply grounded in feminist epistemology and ontology. Building on theorizations of the dual positionality of the acafan alongside feminist theorizations of self-reflexivity permits an exploration of how acafandom aligns with feminist methodological frameworks regarding researcher fragmentation and reflexivity. Emotion and affect are important concerns for acafan scholarship to address, as they align fan studies with feminist traditions of personal and autobiographical writing that privilege subjectivity as a legitimate source of knowledge. Explicitly reframing fan studies within this theoretical and methodological context augments the understanding of many of the fundamental beliefs and principles underpinning the production of knowledge within fan studies, and helps refine the critical language used to frame and describe scholarly methodologies

Cognitive reframing · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist epistemology · Feminist philosophy · Feminist theory · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropology · Computer Science · Cultural Studies · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology

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