Forever Fandom of Harry Potter - Balancing Fan Agency and Corporate Control

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Context ¿ the Harry Potter landscape; 2. Fans' shaping participation: from fansites to Pottermore; 3. Potterfests; 4. Fans' active volunteering ¿ the Harry Potter alliance; Conclusion.

Summary

Harry Potter fans contribute their immaterial and affective labor in multiple arenas. Fan participation in the Harry Potter universe has contributed to its success. Outlines the context and theoretical frameworks that support an analysis of the fan experience and examines tensions between fans and Warner Bros.

Product details

• Authors: Marianne Martens, Marianne (Kent State University Martens, Martens Marianne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108469883
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46988-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Boo; Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fantasy / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form