Open AccessInterview with Louisa Ellen Stein: Whole self and felt scholarship in fan studies
Author(s) -
Julia E. Largent,
Milena Popova,
Elise Vist
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2020.1685
Subject(s) - scholarship , sociology , art , media studies , visual arts , political science , law
Fan studies scholar Louisa Ellen Stein discusses her journey into felt scholarship and whole self scholarship in fan studies. Her fannish interests and personal identities are varied and affect her scholarship in different ways. Choosing how and when to reveal and interrogate them is difficult but important work.