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Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

The Case of the "Good" Fan

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Authors:
  1. Neta Yodovich

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  • Discusses timely topics in fan studies, such as representation, feminism, racism, and “cancel culture”
  • Examining women’s negotiation between feminism and toxic and exclusionary fandoms and fan discourses
  • Diverse pool of interviewees talking about feminism and Doctor Who/Star Wars fandom

Part of the book series: Palgrave Fan Studies (PFS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introducing Feminism and Fandom

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 1-43

  3. Becoming a Feminist Fan

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 45-68

  4. Being a Feminist Fan

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 69-92

  5. Belonging as a Feminist Fan

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 93-114

  6. Representing Women and Feminism in Fandom

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 115-140

  7. Reconciling Feminism and Fandom

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 141-169

  8. Finding a Space(ship) of One’s Own

    • Neta Yodovich
    Pages 171-182

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 183-185
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About this book

This book follows the ways in which women negotiate and navigate between their feminist identities and their belonging to science fiction fandoms that at times disregard or dismiss them. It explores frictions and discords, including those between feminist women fans and other members in their communities, and between the fan and the object of her fandom. This book examines the intersection of fandom and feminism through the lenses of gender, ethnicity and age, and provides an in-depth and intersectional perspective on fan communities and the layered discrimination and marginalization enfolded in them. Based on 40 in-depth interviews with women fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who, this book highlights the different aspects of a feminist woman fan’s identity: becoming, being, belonging, representing, and reconciling. Each chapter in this book unravels the complexity, ambivalence, and contradictions between feminism and fandom, and reveals the tactics women develop to overcomeand harmonize them.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Neta Yodovich

About the author

Neta Yodovich is a postdoctoral researcher who is currently studying cultural policy in a research project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 framework. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her PhD research on feminist women fans serves as the basis for this book. She has previously published peer-reviewed journal articles about women fans, gamers, and representations of singlehood in popular culture in Sociology, Feminist Media Studies, Games and Culture, Women’s Studies in Communication, and the European Journal of Women’s Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

  • Book Subtitle: The Case of the "Good" Fan

  • Authors: Neta Yodovich

  • Series Title: Palgrave Fan Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04079-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04078-8Published: 04 August 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04081-8Published: 05 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04079-5Published: 03 August 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2662-2807

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-2815

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 185

  • Topics: Popular Culture , Media and Communication

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