Open AccessFan fiction and midrash: Making meaning
Author(s) -
Rachel Barenblat
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2014.0596
Subject(s) - midrash , torah , meaning (existential) , conversation , literature , judaism , art , sociology , media studies , aesthetics , philosophy , communication , theology , epistemology
Just as Jews interpret Torah through midrash (exegetical stories that explore and explain the text), fans interpret contemporary source texts through fan fiction, which functions just as midrash does to sustain community and enable members of that community to join the communal conversation