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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100415533295

ISBN-139780415533294

eBay Product ID (ePID)112069832

Product Key Features

Number of Pages372 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTextual Poachers : Television Fans and Participatory Culture

SubjectTelevision / History & Criticism, Sociology / General, Popular Culture, Television & Video

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

AuthorHenry Jenkins

Subject AreaArt, Performing Arts, Technology & Engineering, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight43.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2012-021172

Reviews"There are few books that open new fields and set agendas for years after their publication. Even fewer have done so while being fun to read. Textual Poachersis such a book. Jenkins articulated the culture of participation that the internet has made common years before it took hold, and this work continues to shape how we understand these shifts." --Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England , "There are few books that open new fields and set agendas for years after their publication. Even fewer have done so while being fun to read. Textual Poachersis such a book. Jenkins articulated the culture of participation that the internet has made common years before it took hold, and this work continues to shape how we understand these shifts." --Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England, "There are few books that open new fields and set agendas for years after their publication. Even fewer have done so while being fun to read. Textual Poachers is such a book. Jenkins articulated the culture of participation that the internet has made common years before it took hold, and this work continues to shape how we understand these shifts." --Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research New England

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306/.1

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

Table Of Content20th Anniversary Introductionary Interview between Henry Jenkins and Suzanne Scott Introduction (1992) 1. "Get a Life!": Fans, Poachers, Nomads 2. How Texts become Real 3. Fan Critics 4. "It's Not a Fairy Tale Anymore": Gender, Genre, Beauty and the Best 5. Scribbling in the Margins: Fan Readers/Fan Writers 6. "Welcome to Bisexuality, Captain Kirk": Slash and the Fan-Writing Community 7. "Layers of Meaning": Fan Music Video and the Poetics of Poaching 8. "Strangers No More, We Sing": Filk Music, Folk Culture, and the Fan Community 9. Conclusion: "In My Weekend-Only World...": Reconsidering Fandom 10. Study Guide by Louisa Stein

SynopsisThe twentieth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory. Supplementing the original, classic text is an interview between Henry Jenkins and Suzanne Scott in which Jenkins reflects upon changes in the field since the original release of Textual Poachers. A study guide by Louisa Stein helps provides instructors with suggestions for the way Textual Poachers can be used in the contemporary classroom, and study questions encourage students to consider fan cultures in relation to consumer capitalism, genre, gender, sexuality, and more., The twentieth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory. Supplementing the original, classic text is an interview between Henry Jenkins and Suzanne Scott in which Jenkins reflects upon changes in the field since the original release of Textual Poachers . A study guide by Louisa Stein helps provides instructors with suggestions for the way Textual Poachers can be used in the contemporary classroom, and study questions encourage students to consider fan cultures in relation to consumer capitalism, genre, gender, sexuality, and more., The twentieth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory. This reissue of what's become a classic work includes an interview between Jenkins and Suzanne Scott and a supplemental study guide by Louisa Stein, encouraging students to consider fan cultures in relation to consumer capitalism, genre, gender, sexuality, interpretation and more.

LC Classification NumberHM646.J45 2013