Not My Lifeblood

Autoethnography, Affective Fluctuations and Popular Music Antifandom

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ID23645705
AuthorsRoss Garner (corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages91-106
Publication date2018-04-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeOTHER
VenueA Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (JOURNAL)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781119237211.ch6
OpenAlexW4236010076
ISBN9781119237211
LanguageEN
References cited29

This chapter contributes to debates concerning the uses of autoethnography as a methodology for exploring fan identities, as well as analyses of life fandom and antifandom by reflecting on fluctuations relating to the author's ongoing attachment to Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers. Adopting a self-reflexive and long-term perspective toward Manics fandom, the chapter develops three core arguments: first, it demonstrates the advantages of using autoethnography as way to explore life-fandoms. Second, it argues that an autoethnographic approach can help account for the affective fluctuations that constitute a normative aspect of long-term fandom. Third, the chapter posits a new example of antifandom––named here as intra-object antifandom––and considers the various contexts that allow this to endure over an extended time period.

Aesthetics · Art · Autoethnography · Epistemology · Escapism · Fandom · Media studies · Normative · Period (music) · Perspective (graphical) · Psychoanalysis · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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