Research Catalog

Title

Fake geek girls : fandom, gender, and the convergence culture industry / Suzanne Scott.

Author

Scott, Suzanne, 1979-

Publication

• New York : New York University Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

ix, 291 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"When Ghostbusters returned to the screen in 2016, some male fans of the original film boycotted the all-female adaptation of the cult classic, turning to Twitter to express their disapproval and making it clear that they considered the film's "real" fans to be white, straight men. While extreme, these responses are far from unusual, with similar uproars around the female protagonists of the new Star Wars films to full-fledged geek culture wars and harassment campaigns, as exemplified by the #GamerGate controversy that began in 2014. Over the past decade, fan and geek culture has moved from the margins to the mainstream as fans have become tastemakers and promotional partners, with fan art transformed into official merchandise and fan fiction launching new franchises. But this shift has left some people behind. Suzanne Scott points to the ways in which the "men's rights" movement and antifeminist pushback against "social justice warriors" connect to new mainstream fandom, where female casting in geek-nostalgia reboots is vilified and historically feminized forms of fan engagement--like cosplay and fan fiction--are treated as less worthy than male-dominant expressions of fandom like collection, possession, and cataloguing. While this gender bias harkens back to the origins of fandom itself, Fake Geek Girls contends that the current view of women in fandom as either inauthentic masqueraders or unwelcome interlopers has been tacitly endorsed by Hollywood franchises and the viewer demographics they selectively champion. It offers a view into the inner workings of how digital fan culture converges with old media and its biases in new and novel ways."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Critical cultural communication

Uniform Title

Critical cultural communication.

Subject

• Fans (Persons)
• Women in popular culture
• Sexism in mass media
• Feminism and mass media

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : make fandom great again -- A fangirl's place is in the resistance : feminism and fan studies -- "Get a life, will you people?!" : the revenge of the fanboy -- Interrogating the fake geek girl : the spreadable misogyny of contemporary fan culture -- Terms and conditions : co-opting fan labor and containing fan criticism -- One fanboy to rule them all : fantrepreneurs, fanboy auteurs and the politics of professionalization -- From poaching to pinning : fashioning postfeminist geek girl(y) culture -- Conclusion : fan studies' OTP : fandom and intersectional feminism.

Call Number

JFE 19-8894

ISBN

• 9781479838608
• 1479838608
• 9781479879571
• 1479879576

LCCN

2018026984

OCLC

1081338131

Author

Scott, Suzanne, 1979- author.

Title

Fake geek girls : fandom, gender, and the convergence culture industry / Suzanne Scott.

Publisher

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical cultural communication

Critical cultural communication.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-8894