Open AccessNarrative extraction, #BlackPantherSoLit, and signifyin': "Black Panther" fandom and transformative social practices
Author(s) -
Tracy Deonn Walker
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2019.1643
Subject(s) - fandom , transformative learning , narrative , representation (politics) , sociology , social media , art , visual arts , media studies , gender studies , political science , literature , computer science , world wide web , law , pedagogy , politics
This article examines the history, creative labor, and social practices around the #BlackPantherSoLIT hashtag on Twitter. Two years before the Black Panther movie event, the hashtag created a fandom of Blackness itself. Once the film was released, Black audiences experienced freedom from fan labor practices typically used when consuming content without significant Black representation.