• Fangirls in the Crosshairs

    Author(s):
    Lori Morimoto (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Subject(s):
    Subculture, Fans (Persons)
    Item Type:
    Blog Post
    Tag(s):
    Benedict Cumberbatch, Fangirls, Fandom, Fan studies, Gender studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6MV3G
    Abstract:
    Writing of cultural studies in 1986, Tania Modleski observed that female scholars, “denied access to pleasure, while simultaneously being scapegoated for seeming to represent it,” have no recourse within a critical framework but to accept an “adversarial position” towards popular culture. In the same way, when fangirls’ emotions are the thing that consistently brings negative attention to us from the outside, we are thrust into a position in which we are effectively prohibited from expressing all but the most measured reactions to such news, for fear of inadvertently acquiescing to a discursive framework constructed around disciplining us.
    Notes:
    Text available at https://theouttake.net/fangirls-in-the-crosshairs-9c0cb89a25bd
    Metadata:
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    Attribution

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