| Description |
x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Digital formations ; v. 25 |
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Digital formations ; v. 25
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| Contents |
Introduction : shooting the breeze in the virtual kitchen -- Ch. 1. Feminine pleasures, masculine texts : reading The X-files on the DDEBRP -- Ch. 2. When Fraser met RayK : reading, writing and discussing slash fiction -- Ch. 3. The "write" stuff : language use and humor on (the) line -- Ch. 4. Nice girls don't flame : politeness strategies on (the) line -- Ch. 5. Cyberspace as virtual heterotopia -- Conclusion : lessons from the virtual kitchen |
| Summary |
"Cyberspaces of Their Own interrogates the social and spatial relations of the rapidly expanding virtual terrain of media fandom. For the first time, issues of identity, community and space are brought together in this in-depth ethnographic study of two female internet communities. Members are fans of the American television series The X-Files and the Canadian series Due South. Forging links between media, cultural and internet studies, this book examines negotiations of gender, class, sexuality and nationality in making meaning out of a television show, producing fiction based on television characters, creating and maintaining online communal relations, and organizing cyberspace in a way that marks it out as alternative to that which surrounds it."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-231) and index |
| Subject |
Internet and women.
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Electronic discussion groups.
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Science fiction television programs -- Electronic discussion groups.
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Fans (Persons)
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Science fiction fans.
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Subculture.
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| LC no. |
2004007400 |
| ISBN |
0820471186 paperback alkaline paper |
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