Last summer's Gender and Fan Studies debate not only raiseda number of issues that all of us are still discussing but also connected a number of scholars for the first time. In its wake, Bob Rehak suggested a follow-up panel to make use of many of these contacts, revisiting the initial questions and all that had come since. The workshop "Gendered Fan Labor in New Media and Old" will be held April 25th at Console-ing Passions, and the five presenters decided to share their brief papers here with one another, potential conference goers, and everyone at fandebate.

( Louisa Stein - Vidding as Cultural Narrative )


( Julie Levin Russo - The L Word: Labors of Love )


( Suzanne Scott - From Filk to Wrock: Performance, Professionalism, and Power in Harry Potter Wizard Rock )


( Bob Rehak - Boys, Blueprints, and Boundaries )


( Sam Ford - Outside the Target Demographic: Surplus Audiences in Wrestling and Soaps )

This is a mirror post of the fourth wrapping up part of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog.

( Cynthia Walker )
( Will Brooker )
( Francesca Coppa )
( Robin Anne Reid )
( Jonathan Gray )
( Karen Helleckson )
( Anne Kustritz )
( Barbara Lucas )
( Eden Lee Lackner )
( Robert Jones )

This is a mirror post of the third wrapping up part of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog.

( Abigail Derecho )
( Matt Hills )
( Melissa A. Click )
( Derek R. Johnson )
( Julie Levin Russo )
( Catherine Tosenberger )
( Sam Ford )

Now for comments from readers:
( Kristina Busse )
( Dana Sterling )
( Robin Reid )
( Deborah Kaplan )

This is a mirror post of the second wrapping up part of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog.

( Bob Rehak )
( Kristina Busse )
( C. Lee Harrington )
( Alan McKee )
( Lori Morimoto )

This is a mirror post of the first wrapping up part of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog.

( Henry Jenkins )

This is a mirror post of the twenty-second installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

( Part One: Introductions, Cultural Homogenization, Gatekeeping and Gender... )

( Part Two: Negotiating Subcultural Values, Textual Bodies, Marginalization... )

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have realized that some of the participants in the discussion may not have gotten Henry's request for summary paragraphs to post as a "summing up" of our experiences.  I did not get the email; at least one other person I know did not either.  I thought the fastest move might be to post here (I'll also email and ask Henry to post on his blog).

If it comes to that, I'd like to see summing up posts from people who read and participated, not just the Official Participants, and maybe that can happen here if not in Henry's blog.

I think we need to get the summing up paragraphs to him by this weekend.
 

This is a mirror post of the second part of the twenty-first installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two. This was too long to fit in a single post, hence the need to break it into two.

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This is a mirror post of the first part of the twenty-first installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two. This was too long to fit in a single post, hence the need to break it into two.

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This is a mirror post of the twentieth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the nineteenth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the eighteenth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the seventeenth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the sixteenth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two. ( Read more... )

This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.


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This is a mirror post of the thirteenth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two

( Part 1 - Defining Fandom, Fans and Public Sphere Theory )


( Part Two - Fans and Consumerism, Fan Academics and the Future of Fan Studies, Lightning Round )

This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part Two.

( Matt’s Half-dozen Questions )

This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One (Part Two will be up tomorrow, I guess, and I'll update then).

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This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog: Part One and Part Two.
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This is a mirror post of the ninth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog .
(Part One at Henry's blog)
Part Two at Henry's blog


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This is a mirror post of the eighth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins's blog: Part One and Part Two.

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This is a mirror post of the eighth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins's blog: Part One and Part Two.

[ETA: I apologize for the late posting. I was offline and didn't send Abigail and Christian the posting information in time. Kristina]

[ETA2: Due to the length of the discussion and LJ posting limits, this conversation is posted in two parts]

( Part One )

This is a mirror post of the seventh installment of this series from Henry Jenkins's blog: Part One and Part Two.

( Fandoms, Fantexts, and Heimat )

This is a mirror post of the sixth installment of this series from Henry Jenkins' blog.

Part One at Henry Jenkins' Blog

Part Two at Henry Jenkins' Blog

This is a mirror post of the fifth installment at Henry Jenkins's blog.

Part One at Henry Jenkins's Blog
Part Two at Henry Jenkins's Blog

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This post is a mirror post of the fourth installment of summer gender and fan studies discussion.
Part One at Henry Jenkins's blog
Part Two at Henry Jenkins's blog

( Round Four, Part One )

( Round Four, Part Two )

This post is a mirror post of the third installment of the summer gender and fan studies discussion.

Queering the Discussion
Part One posted in 'Confessions', Part One in LJd

Part Two posted in 'Confessions', Part Two in LJ

Sean Griffin Faculty Page
Robin Anne Reid Professional LJ, Faculty Page

( Part Three Round One by Sean Griffin and Robin Anne Reid )

( Round Three, Part Two )

This post is a mirror post of the second installment of the summer gender and fan studies discussion: Part One and Part Two.

( GENDER AND NEW MEDIA FAN AUTHORSHIP by Robert Jones and Louisa Ellen Stein )

This post is a mirror post of the first installment of the summer gender and fan studies discussion: Part One and Part Two.

( Authority, by Karen Hellekson & Jason Mittell )

This community is set up as a mirror to the discussion on gender and fan studies going on at Henry Jenkins's blog. Every week, a new conversation between two acafan scholars will be posted, often revolving around a specific focus. We want as many voices as possible to participate in these conversations, and we'd also like the expanding conversation to bridge the blogosphere, so we've decided to set up this space on livejournal. We'll be posting the conversations here as well as at Henry's blog; feel free to comment in either or both spaces.


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