Open AccessWhat is an anti? Exploring a key term and contemporary debates
Author(s) -
TWC Editor
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2022.2277
Subject(s) - fandom , happening , phenomenon , context (archaeology) , subject (documents) , term (time) , sociology , media studies , key (lock) , aesthetics , epistemology , performance art , art , history , art history , library science , philosophy , computer science , physics , computer security , archaeology , quantum mechanics
The term "anti" has come into wide use in fandom over the past few years, but it has not been subject to much scholarly attention. This roundtable brings together a group of thinkers (Alexis Lothian, stitch, Anne Jamison, and Sneha Kumar) with expertise in different facets of this complex phenomenon to explore what is happening with the anti—as well as the opposite side of these debates, known as the anti-anti or proshipper—and what it all means, thereby providing some context for those unfamiliar with these debates and further spurring scholarly attention.