Open AccessToward a queered and/as affective theory of fandom
Author(s) -
Jsa Lowe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2020.1959
Subject(s) - fandom , affect (linguistics) , queer theory , queer , affect theory , sociology , psychology , aesthetics , social psychology , art , media studies , gender studies , communication , feeling
Wittgensteinian propositions are used to investigate whether there is some benefit from thinking about objects of fandom and their vectors via affect theory and queer theory as an inverse analytical approach: fandom as something that is not text specific but rather affect or even body specific.