Adolescents and online fan fiction
By: Rebecca W. Black.
Series: New literacies and digital epistemologies -- v. 23
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781433103056; 9780820497389
Subjects: Fan fiction -- Social aspects; Literacy -- Social aspects; Popular culture -- Social aspects; Teenagers -- Books and reading
Description: "This book presents an ethnographic and discourse analytic study of a highly popular online fan fiction writing space. Its analyses highlight the range of sophisticated literacy practices that English language learning youth engage in through their fan-related activities. Discussion also centers on how opportunities for language socialization, literacy, and identity development converge and diverge between academic settings and informal learning contexts such as fan fiction sites."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Anime, manga, and fan fiction; title: Inquiry into online spaces; title: Fan fiction and affinity spaces; title: Constructing narrative and social spaces; title: Language, culture, and identity in online fan fiction; title: Reader reviews in online fan fiction; title: Fan fiction, literacy, and 21st century skills.