A portrait of the auteur as fanboy : the construction of authorship in transmedia franchises /
"Increasingly over the past decade, fan credentials on the part of writers, directors, and producers have come to be seen as a guarantee of quality media-making-the "fanboy auteur." Figures like Joss Whedon are both one of "us" and one of "them." This is a strategy...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2020.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Fanboys to the rescue!
- 1. Steven Moffat and fandom's favorite troll
- 2. E.L. James and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad fangirl
- 3. J.K. Rowling and the auteur who lived
- 4. Kevin Smith and the "independent" fanboy
- 5. Joss Whedon and the allegedly feminist fanboy auteur
- 6. Zack Snyder and the professional toxic fanboy
- 7. Patty Jenkins, Ryan Coogler, Taika Waititi, and the fan auteur as l'autre
- Conclusion: Fanboy backlash and the futures of fan auteurs