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Before Fanfiction: Recovering the Literary History of American Media Fandom
Current price:
$30.00
Publication Date: October 18th, 2023
Publisher:
LSU Press
ISBN:
9780807180273
Pages:
190
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Description
Before Fanfiction investigates the overlapping cultures of fandom and American literature from the late 1800s to the mid-1940s, exploding the oft-repeated myth that fandom has its origins in the male-dominated letter columns of science fiction pulp magazines in the 1930s. By reexamining the work of popular American women writers and their fans, Alexandra Edwards recovers the literary history of American media fandom, drawing previously ignored fangirls into the spotlight.