The Fan Studies Network

The new general issue of Transformative Works and Cultures, Vol 14 (2013), is out now.
You can read it here:
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/15

It features the following articles:
Editorial

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Spreadable fandom
TWC Editor

Theory
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Metaphors we read by: People, process, and fan fiction
Juli J. Parrish

Sub*culture: Exploring the dynamics of a networked public
Simon Lindgren

Praxis
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A Japanese media pilgrimage to a Tasmanian bakery
Craig Norris

Trans-cult-ural fandom: Desire, technology and the transformation of fan
subjectivities in the Japanese female fandom of Hong Kong stars
Lori Hitchcock Morimoto

Fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in “The
X-Files”
Emily Regan Wills

Capital, dialogue, and community engagement: “My Little Pony—Friendship Is
Magic” understood as an alternate reality game
Kevin Veale

Symposium
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So bad it’s good: The “kuso” aesthetic in “Troll 2”
Whitney Phillips

Translation, interpretation, fan fiction: A continuum of meaning production
Shannon K. Farley

Fan/dom: People, practices, and networks
Katherine E. Morrissey

Fandom, public, commons
Mel Stanfill

Review
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“Spreadable media: Creating value and meaning in a networked culture,” by Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green
Melissa A. Click

“Reclaiming fair use,” by Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi
Josh Johnson

“Genre, reception, and adaptation in the ‘Twilight’ series,” edited by Anne Morey
Amanda Georgeanne Retartha

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