CFP: Fan Cultures, Past, Present, Future (6/1/14; 10/29-11/1/14)

From: Cynthia Miller <[email protected]>

CALL FOR PAPERS
CFP: Golden Age or Gilded Age? Fan Cultures, Past, Present, and Future
An area of multiple panels for the 2014 Film & History Conference:
Golden Ages: Styles and Personalities, Genres and Histories
October 29-November 2, 2014
The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor=92s Club
Madison, WI (USA)
DEADLINE for abstracts: June 1, 2014

AREA: Golden Age or Gilded Age? Fan Cultures, Past, Present, and Future

Fan culture has been intimately linked with mass media since the =
beginning of the movies in the late 1800s and early 1900s. As various =
technologies have pushed media evolution along =96 sound, color, =
television, and internet =96 fan culture has kept pace and fueled not =
only consumption but also developed communities. First in fan magazines, =
then at conventions, fan culture has spread and inspired fans to =
celebrate the media they loved. This love frequently leads to the =
development of derivative works such as fan fiction and fan editing=97the =
expansion of existing media elements into whole new worlds.=20

Is this the Golden Age of Fan Culture, as brought about by the =
internet=92s ability to transmit media and foster communities, or is =
this a Gilded Age, where fan culture has gone postmodern, sometimes =
eclipsing the objects and subjects of fan desire?  This area welcomes =
proposals on a diverse range of topics pertaining to fan culture, both =
present and historic, with a particular emphasis on visual media such as =
film and television.=20

Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

=95	Fan Culture in the Silent Era
=95	Fan Culture on Film
=95	Fan gatherings =96 conventions and other meet-ups
=95	Cross-media fandom, such as the Marvel media universe
=95	Marketing =96 Mobilizing fans through viral marketing
=95	Authenticity =96 Is the Source with you?
=95	Shippers, fans, and stans =96 claiming identities within fan =
culture
=95	Dissolving international boundaries =96 Doctor Who, Sherlock, =
Anime, Korean soap operas, telenovelas
=95	Fan clubs and online communities
=95	Performance and participatory fandom =96 Cosplay
=95	Derivative works =96 Fan fiction and fan art.=20
=95	The function of technology in fan culture =96 from BBS to Tumblr=20=


Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also =
welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, =
including an e-mail address, for each presenter. For updates and =
registration information about the upcoming meeting, see the Film & =
History website (www.filmandhistory.org).
Please e-mail your 200-word proposal by 1 June 2014, to the area chair:

Tiffany Knoell
Bowling Green State University

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