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Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom : A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise / Mike Stack.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Transmedia ; 15Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789048555918
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.456522 23/eng/20240916
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.77.D6273 S73 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Fan Identities : Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following -- 2. The Doctor : The Hero’s Queer Masculinity, Performance, and Contradictory Morality -- 3. The TARDIS : The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space -- 4. The Companion : Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play -- 5. The Monster : The Queer Reception of the Daleks -- Conclusion : Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change? -- Index
Summary: Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks why this should be. Through examining four core components – the Doctor, the TARDIS, the companion and the Daleks – this book traces the trajectory of queerness from wider culture to paratextual media and finally into the parent text, resulting in an inclusive brand. In doing so, it argues that fandom provides a space to mediate between personal identities and the wider world. Drawing from interviews with fans, the book demonstrates the complexities and contradictions of queerness, and proposes an alternative theory of gay cultural formation. This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789048555918

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Fan Identities : Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following -- 2. The Doctor : The Hero’s Queer Masculinity, Performance, and Contradictory Morality -- 3. The TARDIS : The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space -- 4. The Companion : Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play -- 5. The Monster : The Queer Reception of the Daleks -- Conclusion : Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change? -- Index

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Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks why this should be. Through examining four core components – the Doctor, the TARDIS, the companion and the Daleks – this book traces the trajectory of queerness from wider culture to paratextual media and finally into the parent text, resulting in an inclusive brand. In doing so, it argues that fandom provides a space to mediate between personal identities and the wider world. Drawing from interviews with fans, the book demonstrates the complexities and contradictions of queerness, and proposes an alternative theory of gay cultural formation. This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)

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