Framing Fan Fiction

Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Return of the Author: Ethos and Identity Politics -- Part I. Slash as Identificatory Practices -- 2. "I'm jealous of the fake me": Postmodern Subjectivity and Identity Construction in Boy Band Fan Fiction -- 3. Bending Gender: Feminist and (Trans)Gender Discourses in the Changing Bodies of Slash Fan Fiction, with Alexis Lothian -- 4. Affective Imagination: Fan Representation in Media Fan Fiction -- Part II. Canon, Context, and Consensus -- 5. May the Force Be With You: Fan Negotiations of Authority -- 6. Limit Play: Fan Authorship between Source Text, Intertext, and Context, with Louisa Ellen Stein -- 7. Fandom's Ephemeral Traces: Intertextuality, Performativity, and Intimacy in Fan Fiction Communities -- Part III. Community and Its Discontents -- 8. "My life is a WIP on my LJ": Slashing the Slasher and the Reality of Celebrity and Internet Performances -- 9. Geek Hierarchies, Boundary Policing, and the Gendering of the Good Fan -- 10. Fictional Consents and the Ethical Enjoyment of Dark Desires -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Works Cited -- Index

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