| The Case for Fanfiction: Exploring the Pleasures and Practices of a Maligned Craft Contributor(s): Barner, Ashley J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476668779 ISBN-13: 9781476668772 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 809.3 |
| LCCN: 2017029607 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (0.7 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other guilty pleasure reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between fanfic and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction. Absorbed reading--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically reading from a distance--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds. |