Fifty shades of ghey: Snark fandom and the figure of the anti-fan

Sexualities

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 951-968

  Harman, Sarah ^a   Jones, Bethan ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti fandom; audience studies; BDSM; Fifty Shades of Grey; romance novels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890216576     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460713508887     Document Type: Article

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